Knights Bachelor •
Patrick John Armstrong, for services to the Police. •
John Lionel Beckwith, C.B.E., for services to Youth Sport. •
Albert Bore, Leader,
Birmingham City Council. For services to Local Government. • Professor
Richard John Brook, O.B.E., formerly Chief Executive,
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. For services to Science and Engineering. •
Michael Sydney Buckley, Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration and Health Service Commissioner for England, Wales and Scotland. •
Anthony Thomas Burden, Q.P.M., Chief Constable,
South Wales Police. For services to the Police. •
de Vic Graham Carey,
Bailiff of Guernsey. For services to the Crown. •
Professor Graeme Robertson Dawson Catto. For services to Medicine and to Medical Education. •
Timothy Peter Plint Clifford, Director-General,
National Galleries of Scotland. For services to the Arts. •
Professor Ronald Urwick Cooke, Vice-Chancellor,
University of York. For services to Higher Education. •
Professor Bernard Crick. For services to Citizenship in Schools and to Political Studies. •
Professor Liam Joseph Donaldson, Chief Medical Officer for England, Department of Health. •
Charles Brandon Gough, lately Chairman, Review Body on Doctors' and Dentists' Remuneration. For public service. •
Nicholas Thomas Grimshaw, C.B.E. For services to Architecture. •
Iain Robert Hall, Headteacher,
Parrs Wood Technology College, Manchester. For services to Education. •
Professor Gabriel Horn, F.R.S. For services to Neurobiology and to the Advancement of Scientific Research. •
Professor Ian McColl Kennedy. For services to Bioethics and to Medical Law. •
Ben Kingsley. Actor. For services to Drama. •
Terence Patrick Leahy, Chief Executive, Tesco plc. For services to Food Retailing. •
Professor Alistair George James MacFarlane, C.B.E., F.R.S., Rector,
UHI Millennium Institute. For services to Education. •
Graham John Melmoth, Chief Executive
Co-operative Group (CWS) Ltd. For services to the Retail Industry. •
Edward Benjamin Crofton Osmotherly, C.B., lately chairman, Commission for Local Administration in England. For services to Local Government. •
Alan William Parker, C.B.E., Film Director and Chairman, Film Council. For services to the Film Industry. •
Robin Keith Saxby, Executive Chairman, ARM Holdings plc. For services to the Information Technology Industry. •
Professor Martin Nicholas Sweeting, O.B.E., F.R.S., Chief Executive, Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd and Director,
Surrey Space Centre. For services to Microsatellite Engineering. •
Jimmy Leslie Ronald Young, C.B.E.. For services to Radio Broadcasting.
Order of the Bath Knights Commander of the Bath (K.C.B.) •
Edward George Caldwell, C.B.,
First Parliamentary Counsel,
Office of the Parliamentary Counsel. •
John Michael Davies,
Clerk of the Parliaments, House of Lords. •
Kevin Reginald Tebbit, C.M.G., Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Defence.
Companions of the Bath (C.B.) • Ian David Fauset, Executive Director,
Defence Procurement Agency, Ministry of Defence. • Timothy James Flesher, Deputy Chairman, HM Board of
Inland Revenue. •
Jeremy John Heywood,
Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister. • Roger de Lacy Holmes, Chief Executive and Deputy Master,
Royal Mint. • Jeffrey Jacobs, Executive Director, Policy and Partnerships,
Greater London Authority. •
Nicholas James Kroll, Corporate Services Director,
Department for Culture, Media and Sport. • Richard Hill Mackenzie, for public service. • Ian Bernard Vaughan Magee, Chief Executive, Court Service,
Lord Chancellor's Department. • Raymond Noel McAfee, Director, Regional Business Services, HM Board of Customs and Excise. • George Alexander McCorkell, Director, Pensions Change Programme,
Department for Work and Pensions. • Kathryn Mary Stuart Morton, Solicitor and Director General, Legal Services,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. • Jonathan Page Spencer, Director General, Business Competitiveness,
Department of Trade and Industry. • Brian Arthur Edward Taylor, lately Director General, Civilian Personnel, Ministry of Defence.
Order of St Michael and St George Companions of St Michael and St George (C.M.G.) • Edward John Rankin Scott, chairman of John Swire and Sons Ltd. For services to International Trade.
Royal Victorian Order Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (K.C.V.O.) • Rear Admiral
Patrick Barton Rowe, C.B.E., L.V.O., Deputy Master and chairman of the Corporate Board of the Corporation of
Trinity House. • Lt Col
Robert Christie Stewart, C.B.E., T.D., formerly
Lord Lieutenant of Clackmannanshire.
Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order (C.V.O.) • Peter Scott Dunn, L.V.O. For veterinary services, the
Royal Mews. • Arthur Michael Johnstone Galsworthy, C.B.E., D.L., lately member of The Prince's Council,
Duchy of Cornwall. • John Eric Handcock, L.V.O., Honorary Secretary, The Prince Philip Trust Fund for the
Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. • Malcolm Brian Johnston Kimmins, Trustee,
Ascot Authority. •
Christopher Hamilton Lloyd, L.V.O.,
Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures. •
Kathrin Elizabeth Thomas, J.P., lately Chairman, The Prince's Trust - Cymru. • Colonel Greville Wyndham Tufnell, Lieutenant, The Queen's Body Guard of the
Yeomen of the Guard.
Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order (L.V.O.) • Nicolas Clark Adamson, O.B.E., private secretary to The Duke of Kent. • William Backhouse, formerly Treasurer of
The King's Fund. • Col Frederic Nicolas John Davies, J.P., D.L., secretary for Appointments and chief Clerk of the
Duchy of Lancaster. • Richard Laurence Day, M.V.O., R.V.M., J.P., Chief Bookbinder of the
Royal Collection. • The Honourable Elizabeth Anne Crowther-Hunt, formerly executive director of
The Prince's Trust. •
The Most Hon. The Marquess of Lansdowne, former Member of The Prince's Council, Duchy of Cornwall. • James Oliver McDonald, M.B.E., formerly vice-chairman of the Northern Ireland Council of The Prince's Trust. • Jonathan Spencer, M.V.O., Deputy Comptroller of the
Lord Chamberlain's Office. •
Michael Stevens, finance director of the Royal Collection. • Douglas Leonard Warner, for surveying services to
Sandringham House. • Bridget Anne Wright, M.V.O., Bibliographer of the
Royal Library.
Members of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) • Lt Col David Mitchell Anderson, O.B.E., Superintendent of the
Palace of Holyroodhouse. • Sgt Paul Leon Bazire, Royalty Protection Department,
Metropolitan Police. • John Dobson, Head Forester on the
Balmoral Estate. • Hazel Duddy, formerly head of the Royal Households Secretariat,
Foreign and Commonwealth Office. • Caroline Claire, comtesse de Guitauat, assistant to the director of the Royal Collection and Loans Officer. • David Simon Hutson, Archivist to the Household of The Prince of Wales. • Michael Robertson Hyde, finance director of
Business in the Community. • Cyril Arthur Littlewood, M.B.E., founder of the Young People's Trust for the Environment and Nature Conservation. • Philippa Beris Leigh Norman, Chief Accountant in the
Royal Household. • Graham Paul Sharpe, property manager of
Windsor Castle. • Patrick William Avern Smart, special liaison manager of
Jaguar Cars Limited. • Douglas Stuart Wilson, formerly Bursar of
Cumberland Lodge.
Royal Victorian Medal Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) • John Alan Brown, RVM. Tractor Driver, Sandringham Estate. • John Collings, RVM. Head Chauffeur to Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother. • David John Watts, RVM. Carpenter, Sandringham Estate.
Royal Victorian Medal (Silver) • Charles Victor Brewster, manager of the Stationery and Reprographic Unit, Royal Household. • Ernest Dennis, Chief Steward to the
Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario. • Rosemarie Ethel Farnworth, Dresser to The Princess Royal. • Desmond Fitzgerald, formerly Parks Worker on the
Crown Estate, Windsor • Gp. Capt. Nigel Wharmby O.B.E, Station Commander of Royal Air Force Cranwell. • Constable Robert Nicholas Grieve, Royalty Protection Department, Metropolitan Police. • Roderick Andrew Lane, deputy head Bookbinder of the Royal Collection. • Lindsay Henderson Masson, Estate Worker on the Balmoral Estate. • Michael Zalec Rasser, for hairdressing services to The Princess Royal. • Edward Patrick Richards, Night Patrolman of
Buckingham Palace. • Ronald Ernest Russell, Craft Welder of the Crown Estate. • Anthony Michael Rutty, formerly Chauffeur and General assistant on the
Sandringham Estate. • David Scrimgeour, Gamekeeper on the Balmoral Estate. • Roy Stannett, Parks Worker, Crown Estate, Windsor. • Graham Bernard Sutherland,
BEM, Yeoman of the Royal Cellars, Royal Household. • Michael John Andrew Wakeham, Gentleman of the Choir,
The Queen's Chapel of the Savoy. • Timothy John Williams, Head Chauffeur to The Prince of Wales.
Order of the Companions of Honour (C.H.) •
Sir George William Langham Christie, . For services to Opera and to
Glyndebourne Opera Festival.
Order of the British Empire Knights Grand Cross of the British Empire (G.B.E.) •
Sir Michael Sydney Perry, C.B.E., Chairman of the
Senior Salaries Review Body. For public service. •
Sir Ronald Gough Waterhouse. For public service.
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (D.B.E.) •
Margaret Barbour, C.B.E., Chairman of J. Barbour and Sons Ltd., for services to Industry in North East England. •
Catherine Elizabeth Elcoat, Chief Nurse of
University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. For services to Health Care. •
Professor Jessica Mary Rawson, C.B.E., for services to Oriental Studies. •
Sheila Ann Wallis, Headteacher of Davison High School for Girls,
Worthing, West Sussex. For services to Education.
Commanders of the British Empire (C.B.E.) • Professor Agnes Anne Jennifer Adgey. For services to Cardiology. (Lisburn, Antrim) •
Richard Van Allan. Lately Director,
National Opera Studio. For services to Music. (London, SW11) • Peter John Bareau. Chief Executive, National Savings Agency, HM Treasury. (Godalming, Surrey) • Jayne Barnes. Director of Nursing, NHS Direct,
West Yorkshire Metropolitan Ambulance Service. For services to Health Care. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • Professor
Christine Joan Beasley. Director of Nursing, Department of Health. (London) • Michael Beasley. Chairman, Birmingham Employers' Coalition. For services to Unemployed People. (Balsall Common, West Midlands) •
Mary Berry. For services to Plainsong and
Gregorian Chant. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • Professor
Carol Mary Black. For research and Clinical Care in
Scleroderma and Fibrotic Disorders. (London, NW3) • Professor Peter George Blain. Chairman, Chemical, Biological and Human Technologies Board. For services to the Ministry of Defence. (Northumberland) •
Malcolm Arthur Brinded. For services to
Shell and to the Oil and Gas Industry. (Haslemere, Surrey) • Richard Ian Case. Chairman,
Westland Helicopters Ltd. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries. (Templecombe, Somerset) • David John Challen. Chairman, Practitioner Panel. For services to the Financial Sector. (Twickenham, Middlesex) • John George Harold Champ. Formerly National Chairman,
Royal British Legion. For services to Ex-Servicemen and Women. (Earley, Berkshire) • Janet Maria Soo-Chung. Chief Executive, East Riding and Hull
Health Authority. For services to Health Care. • Christian Alice Margaret Nethercote Cleland. For services to the
Women's Royal Voluntary Service. (Devizes, Wiltshire) • Peter John Connor. Divisional Manager, Financial Accounting Division,
Department for Education and Skills. (Helsby, Cheshire) • John Cushnaghan. Managing Director,
Nissan Motor Manufacturing UK. For services to the Automotive Industry. (Nr Hexham, Northumberland) • Hugh Francis Cushnahan. For services to Industry. (Virginia Water, Surrey) • Roger John Dalley. Deputy Director General,
Commonwealth War Graves Commission. (Marlow, Buckinghamshire) •
Siobhan Davies, M.B.E. Dancer and Choreographer. For services to Dance. (London, N1) • Alexander Moore Dorrian. Head,
Thales Naval Systems and Deputy Head, Thales Defence Business. For services to the Defence and Shipbuilding Industries. (London, W1Y) •
Carol Ann Duffy, O.B.E. Poet and Writer. For services to Literature. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Robert Eagle. Head, National Asylum Support Service, Immigration and Nationality Directorate, Home Office. (Horsham, West Sussex) •
Paul Ennals. Chief Executive,
National Children's Bureau. For services to Education. (London, N6) •
Anthony Noel Eskenzi.
Chief Commoner. For services to the
Corporation of London and to Youth Enterprise. (London, N20) •
Amelia Chilcott Fawcett. Managing Director,
Morgan Stanley International. For services to the Finance Industry. (London, SW7) •
Ian Hamilton Finlay. For services to the Arts. (Carnwath, Lanarkshire) •
Lesley Garrett. Singer. For services to Music. (London) •
Moira Gibb. Director of Housing and Social Services,
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. For services to the Social Services. (London) • George Simon Cecil Gibson, DL. For charitable services through the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust. (Newmarket, Suffolk) • Professor
Peter Goddard, FRS. For services to
Theoretical Physics. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) •
John Harry Goldthorpe. For services to the Advancement of Social Science. (Oxford, Oxfordshire) • Valerie Frances Gooding. Chief Executive,
BUPA. For services to Business. (East Molesey, Surrey) • Trevor Rudolph Hall, O.B.E. Formerly Race Equality Adviser, Home Office. (Rugby, Warwickshire) • Victor Campbell Haslett. For services to the community. (Cultra, Down) • Michael John Hastings. Chairman, Crime Concern. For services to Crime Reduction. (Swindon, Wiltshire) •
Giles Pollock Havergal, O.B.E. Director,
Citizens Theatre, Glasgow. For services to the Theatre. (Glasgow) • Robert Cameron Heron. Head, Health Regulation Branch, Department of Health. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • Margaret Anne Hill. Formerly Assistant Director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Kent) • Hilary Claire Hillier. Head, Transport Statistics Division, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (South Croydon, Surrey) • Raymond Hinchcliffe. Head of Information Services, Department for Education and Skills. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Hugh Halcro-Johnston, JP. Convenor,
Orkney Islands Council. For services to Local Government. (Orphir, Orkney) •
Professor Eve Cordelia Johnstone. Professor of Psychiatry,
University of Edinburgh. For services to Psychiatry. (Edinburgh) • Huw Jones. Senior Civil Servant, Ministry of Defence. (London) •
DeAnne Shirley Julius. For services to the
Monetary Policy Committee. (Fetcham, Surrey) • Robert Edwin Turnbull Kay. Chairman, Association of Scottish Colleges. For services to Further Education. (Eyemouth, Berwickshire) •
Julie Ann Kenny. Chair, Regional Industrial Development Board. For services to Industry in Yorkshire and Humberside. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Professor
David James Kerr. Rhodes Professor of Therapeutics and Cancer Medicine,
University of Oxford. For services to Cancer Research. (Knightwick, Worcestershire) • David William Lazenby. Director, Standards. For services to the
British Standards Institution. (Woking, Surrey) • Michael Edward Lewer, QC. For services to the
Criminal Injuries Compensation Board Appeals Panel. (London, N4) •
Anthony Robert Lewis, DL. For services to Sport, to Broadcasting and to Wales. (Near Llantrisant, Mid Glamorgan) •
Lennox Claudius Lewis, M.B.E. For services to Boxing. (London, W1R) • Professor
Steven Victor Ley, FRS. President,
Royal Society of Chemistry. For services to Chemistry. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) •
Penelope Margaret Lively, O.B.E. Writer. For services to Literature. (London, W1F) • Terence Gordon Mansfield. lately Managing Director,
National Magazine Company. For services to the Magazine Industry. (Nr Ware, Hertfordshire) • Patricia Margaret McCall. Headteacher, Campie Primary School, Musselburgh, East Lothian. For services to Education. • Norman McFadyen. Procurator Fiscal, Scottish Court in the Netherlands, Scottish Executive. • Doreen Mellon. Formerly Head, Area Regeneration Division,
Scottish Executive. (Flayosc, France) • Dorothy Cheryl Miller. Chief Executive,
East Sussex County Council. For services to Local Government. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent) •
Kieran John Moriarty. Consultant
Gastroenterologist,
Royal Bolton Hospital. For services to Medicine. (Stockport, Greater Manchester) • Hugh Morison. Chief Executive,
Scotch Whisky Association. For services to the Whisky Industry. (Edinburgh) • Stephen David Moss, M.B.E. Chairman, Springboard UK. For services to Education and Training. (London, W8) • Brian Edward Mulroy. Lately Headteacher, St. Monica's Catholic Primary School, Sefton, Merseyside. For services to Education. (Widnes, Cheshire) • Professor
Noreen Elizabeth Lady Murray. Formerly Professor of
Molecular Genetics,
University of Edinburgh. For services to Science. •
Denis Francis O'Connor, QPM.
Chief Constable,
Surrey Police. For services to the Police. (Dorking, Surrey) • Professor
Anthony Ian Ogus. For services to the
Social Security Advisory Committee. (Oldham, Lancashire) • Professor
David Ian Olive, FRS. For services to Theoretical Physics. (Caswell, Swansea) • David Sidney Oxley, O.B.E. For services to Sport. (Harrogate, North Yorkshire) • Derek Gordon Pain. Head, Civil Service Pensions, Cabinet Office. (Basingstoke, Hampshire) • Anthony James Pearson. Deputy Chairman, Butler Trust. For services to the Resettlement of Offenders. (Croydon, Surrey) • Lindsay Peer. Education Director, British Dyslexia Association. For services to Education. (Watford, Hertfordshire) • William George Purdy. Chief Scout,
Scout Association. For services to Young People. (Donaghadee, Down) • John Edward Ratcliff. Chairman, Ratcliff Group Ltd. For services to the Road Transport Industry. • Derek Robert Reid. Headteacher, Burnfoot New Community School, Hawick. For services to Education. • John Neville Reyner. Director, East of England Investment Agency. For services to Business. (Royston, Hertfordshire) • Professor David Reynolds. Professor of Leadership and School Effectiveness,
University of Exeter. For services to the Numeracy Task Force. (Llantrisant, Rhondda Cynon Taff) • Iain Samuel Robertson. Chairman, Corporate Banking and Financial Markets,
Royal Bank of Scotland Group. For services to Banking. (St Albans, Hertfordshire) • Professor Peter Roebuck. For services to Higher Education. (Portstewart, Londonderry) • James Arthur Rowland. Chair, Engineering Construction Industry Training Board. For services to Training. (Southport, Merseyside) • James Michael Rutter. Chief Executive, Veterinary Medicines Directorate, and Director of Veterinary Medicines,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Woking, Surrey) • Robert Avisson Scott. Lately Chief Executive,
CGNU. For services to the Insurance Industry. (Basingstoke, Hampshire) • William Kerr Semple. Partnership Director,
National Air Traffic Services Ltd. For services to Air Transport. (Kelty, Fife) • Maj Gen Alan George Sharman. Director General, Defence Manufacturers' Association. For services to the Defence Industry. (Hindhead, Surrey) • Robert Michael Coverdale Shields. Chief Executive, North West
Regional Development Agency. For services to Regeneration. (Altrincham, Cheshire) • David Sands Smith. Lately Head, Development Policy Department,
Department for International Development. (Ringmer, Sussex) • Christopher John Spry. Lately Chief Executive,
Greater Glasgow Health Board. For services to the National Health Service. (Whitecraigs, Renfrewshire) •
Michael John Storey, O.B.E. Leader,
Liverpool City Council. For services to Regeneration. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Stephen Thornton. Lately Chief Executive,
NHS Confederation. For services to the National Health Service. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • Professor
John Francis Uff, QC. Chairman,
Southall Rail Accident Inquiry. For services to Rail Safety. (London) • David Arthur John Vaughan, QC. For services to European Community Law. (London, W10) • William Henry Walker. For public service. (London) • Pauline Werhun. Director of Nursing and Clinical Development,
Sandwell Health Care Trust. For services to the Recruitment and Retention of Staff. (West Bromwich, West Midlands) • Christopher John West. Solicitor,
H.M Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department. (London, SE3) • Richard John Wheeler. Director, Information Management and Technology, Department of Trade and Industry. (Worthing, West Sussex) • Cecil Stanley Whitehead, O.B.E. Secretary,
Buckmore Park, Kent. For services to Young People. (Rochester, Kent) • Edward Graham Whybrew. Lately Certification Officer. For services to Employment Relations. (Steeple Aston, Oxfordshire) • Howard Williamson. Youth Worker and Researcher. For services to Young People. (Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan)
Officers of the British Empire (O.B.E.) •
Helen Folasade Adu (Sade). Singer. For services to Popular Music. (London, W1F) • Caryl Edward Agard. Director, Progress Trust. For services to Training. (Preston, Lancashire) • Alan Aikin. Founder and chairman, Whirlow Hall Farm Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For services to Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) •
Khizar Humayun Ansari. Director, Centre of Ethnic Minority Studies,
Royal Holloway College, University of London. For services to Higher Education. (Windsor, Berkshire) • Fiona Baikie. Principal,
Telford College, Edinburgh. For services to Further Education. (Edinburgh) • Professor Richard Baker. Director, Clinical Governance Research and Development Unit,
University of Leicester. For services to Clinical Audit in Health Care. (Oakham, Leicestershire) • Maureen Teresa Banbury. Member, HM Inspectorate,
Office for Standards in Education. (Stockport, Cheshire) • Ian Anderson Bannatyne. Governor in Charge, HM Prison Zeist, Netherlands,
Scottish Prison Service. (Livingston, Lothian) • Karna Dev (Chandhu) Bardhan. Consultant Physician and Gastroenterologist,
Rotherham General Hospital, Rotherham, South Yorkshire. For services to Gastroenterology. • Geoffrey Robert Bateman. For services to the Environment. (Exeter, Devon) • Jeremy James Balfe Bennett. Formerly vice-president, Academy of Food and Wine Service. For services to the Wine Trade. (Sherborne, Dorset) • Roger Charles Berry. For services to the community in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands) • Reba Bhaduri. For services to Social Work. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Prasanta Ranjan Bhowmik. General Medical Practitioner, Newham, London. For services to Health Care. (London, E18) • Wendy Patricia Bines. Head of Radiation Protection Policy,
Health and Safety Executive, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (South Nutfield, Surrey) • Jeffery Blumenfeld. For services to Marriage and Relationship Support. (London, NW4) • Professor
Margaret Ann Boden. Professor of Philosophy and Psychology,
University of Sussex. For services to
Cognitive Science. (Brighton, East Sussex) • Susan Elaine Bonfanti. Head, Urban Policy 1 Division,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Richmond, Surrey) •
Martin Maurice Brandon-Bravo. For services to Rowing. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) • Martin James Brebner. Assistant director, Consumer Goods, Business and Postal Services Directorate,
Department of Trade and Industry. (Letchworth, Hertfordshire) • Wozzy Brewster. For services to Youth Arts. (London, SE13) • Henry Brown, M.B.E. For services to the Commando Association. (Ruislip, Middlesex) • Professor Sara Ann Brown. Deputy Principal,
University of Stirling. For services to Educational Research. (Bridge of Allan, Stirling and Falkirk) • Sheila Ann Brown. Chief executive, Birth Defects Foundation. For services to Child Health. (Cheslyn Hay, Staffordshire) • Michael Buckby. For services to Foreign Language Studies. (York, North Yorkshire) • Percival Stephen Cairns, M.B.E. For services to the Far East Prisoners of War Association. (Bridgwater, Somerset) • Cecil, Lady Cameron. For services to
Save the Children. (London, SW10) • Janis Linda Cammell. Head of Policy, Administration and Finance Section, Invest UK, Department of Trade and Industry. (London, W6) • Douglas Alexander Campbell. For services to Mobility for Disabled People. (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) • Hector Bryson Chawla. Formerly consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, Princess Alexandra Eye Pavilion,
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. For services to Medicine. (Edinburgh) • Stephen Paul Clark. Head, Infrastructure Division,
Cabinet Office. (Brentford, Middlesex) •
Roy Clarke. Writer. For services to Comedy Drama. (London, W11) • Reginald Charles Colman. Chairman, Kent European Youth Association. For services to Young People. (Deal, Kent) •
Emmanuel Cooper. Potter. For services to Art. (London, NW1) • George Nicholas Corah, DL. For services to the Heart of the National Forest Foundation. (Nr Oakham, Leicestershire) • Alan Harcourt Craig. Executive director, Babtie Group. For services to Transportation. (Giffnock, Renfrewshire) • James Strachan Cruickshank. Seed Potato Grower. For services to the Potato Industry. (Inverurie, Aberdeenshire) • Elizabeth Dendy, M.B.E. For services to Sport for Disabled People. (London, W4) • Barbara Elaine Dennis. For services to One Northeast and to Regional Development. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear) • Anthony Depledge. Development director,
Arriva Passenger Services Limited. For services to Public Transport. (Lytham St Annes, Lancashire) •
Barbara Dickson. For services to Music and Drama. (Swinhope, Lincolnshire) • Brian John Dinsdale. Chief executive,
Hartlepool Borough Council. For services to Regeneration. (Middlesbrough, Cleveland) • Ann Douglas. Formerly Headteacher, Balham Nursery School, Wandsworth, London. For services to Special Needs Education. (London, SW18) • Christopher Dowling. Director of Public Services,
Imperial War Museum. For services to Museums. (London, SW4) • Heather Louise Drabble. Chief Nurse,
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, South Yorkshire. For services to Health Care. (High Peak, Derbyshire) • Bridget Drew. Formerly director, ADAS Consulting Ltd. For services to the Dairy Industry. (Basingstoke, Hampshire) • John Walter Dring. For services to Kids VIP. (Chinnor, Oxfordshire) • Barbara Duffner. Chairman, Children's Hospice Association and of the Careers Review Committee. For services to Young People. (Biggar, Lanarkshire) • David Richard Ellis. Director, HM Board of
Inland Revenue. (Watford, Hertfordshire) • Roger Ian Elphick. Head, Highway Management Services,
Durham County Council. For services to Highways and Transportation. (High Shincliffe, Durham) • David Hugh Evans. Director for Security, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Telford, Shropshire) • Mark Robert Fairbairn. Director of UK Strategy,
National Grid. For services to the Electricity Industry. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) • Herbert Faulkner. For services to Education and to the community. (Londonderry) •
Max Herbert Gustavas Faulkner. For services to Golf. (Pulborough, West Sussex) • Professor
Neil Ferguson. For services to
Epidemiology and the Control of Infectious Diseases. (Witney, Oxfordshire) • Paul Finch. For services to Architecture. (London, SW12) • David John Fisher. For services to the Essex Local Flood Defence Committee. (Southminster, Essex) • Michael Frederick Clive FitzGerald, QC. For services to the Planning Inspectorate and to Standards. (Nr Marlborough, Wiltshire) • Baron Anthony Ronald Kendall Foster. South West Personnel Unit,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Westbury-on-Trym, Bristol) • Leslie Cyril Frost. For services to the
Normandy Veterans' Association. (Hindhead, Surrey) • James Edward Fryer. Headteacher, Fox Hill Primary School, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. For services to Special Needs Education. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Keith Patrick Lee Fullagar. Technical director,
Rolls-Royce plc. For services to the Defence Industry. (Doveridge, Derbyshire) • Yvonne Jean Gallacher. Chief executive, Money Advice Scotland. For services to Disadvantaged Communities. (Clerkston, Renfrewshire) •
Abdul Rashid Gatrad. Head, Paediatrics Department,
Manor Hospital, West Midlands. For services to Paediatrics and to Ethnic Minority communities. (Walsall, West Midlands) • Owain Morris Gibby. Consultant Diabetologist,
Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. For services to Medicine. (Usk, Monmouthshire) • Elizabeth Gillies. For services to Nursing in Scotland. (Edinburgh) • Quintin Goldie. For services to Economic Development. (Banbridge, Down) •
Bryan Grenfell. For services to Epidemiology and the Control of Infectious Diseases. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • Clive Grimwood. Formerly Principal,
Bacon's College, Southwark, London. For services to Education. (Lutterworth, Leicestershire) • Manmohan Singh Gujral. Chief executive, Presentation Housing Association. For services to Housing. (Isleworth, Middlesex) • Christine Hammill. Formerly Co-ordinator, Tyneside Cyrenians. For services to Homeless People. (Fenwick, Northumberland) • Peter Hanley. Head, Local Strategic Partnerships, Government Office for the North East, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Chester Le Street, Durham) •
David Harding. Formerly head of Sculpture and Environmental Art,
Glasgow School of Art. For services to Higher Education. (Glasgow) • Walter Edward Harley. For services to the
Royal Air Forces Association. (Halesowen, West Midlands) • Mary Ann Rose Harris. For services to the
Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets. (London, SE2) • Hilary Ruth Harrison. For public service. (Bangor, Down) • Peter Heaf. For services to the
Royal British Legion. (Wallingford, Oxfordshire) • Isabel Bisset Henderson. For services to Art of the Pictish Period. (Tain, Ross and Cromarty) • John Downie Herd. Chairman, Accord Hospice. For services to the community in Paisley, Renfrewshire. (Paisley, Renfrewshire) • Patricia Holden. Senior Social Development Adviser,
Department for International Development. (Switzerland) • Sandra Robson Hood. Assistant chief Constable,
Strathclyde Police. For services to the Police. (Alloway, Ayrshire and Arran) • Denise Howard. For services to Tourism in Yorkshire. (York, North Yorkshire) • Peter Gordon Hudson. Formerly Headteacher,
Southgate School and Salisbury School, Enfield, London. For services to Education. (Orpington, Kent) •
Nasser Hussain. For services to Cricket. (Chelmsford, Essex) •
Susan Elizabeth Ion. Executive Director, Technology and Operations,
BNFL. For services to the Nuclear Industry. (Leyland, Lancashire) • Alexander John Rennie Izat. Chairman,
Moredun Research Institute. For services to Agriculture. (Berwick-upon-Tweed, Berwickshire) • David Jackson. For services to the Telecommunications Industry. (Offenham, Worcestershire) • Leonard Christopher Jackson. Chairman, Nottingham Common Purpose. For services to the New Deal. (Nr Newark, Nottinghamshire) • Professor Martin John Jarvis. Principal Scientist,
Imperial Cancer Research Fund. For services to Smoking Research. (London, SE22) • Jean Sandra Jenkinson. For services to the Birmingham Early Years Development and Childcare Partnership. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • Geraint Morgan Jeremiah. Consultant Physician, Neath General Hospital, Swansea. For services to Medicine. (Swansea) • Moussa Jogee, M.B.E, JP. Deputy Chair,
Commission for Racial Equality Scotland. For services to Race Equality. (Dalgety Bay, Fife) • Capt Philip Johanson. Chief secretary. For services to the
Church Army. (London, SE3) • Colin Johnson. Plant manager, Ford Motor Company. For services to Industry in South Wales. (Cathays, Cardiff) • Francis James Johnston. For public service. (Belfast) • Bernard William Richard Jones. For services to Business and to the community in South Wales. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan) • Brian Anthony Jones. Formerly Headteacher, St John's Roman Catholic Comprehensive School, Bishop Auckland, County Durham. For services to Education and to the community. (Durham) • Professor Julian David Clayton Jones. Professor of Engineering Optics and head of the Department of Physics,
Heriot-Watt University, and director, Opto Sci Limited. For services to Science and Engineering. (West Linton, Tweeddale) • Professor
Heather Evelyn Joshi. Professor of Economic Demography,
Institute of Education. For services to Women's Issues. • Wasfi Kani. Founder, Pimlico Opera and
Grange Park Opera. For services to Music. (London, NW5) • Iain Manning Kennedy. Chair,
Church and Co. For services to the Footwear Industry. (Northampton, Northamptonshire) • Donald Edward Kent. Inspector,
HM Fire Service Inspectorate. For services to the Fire Service. (Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire) • Samuel Robert Keown. Chairman, Beta Technology Ltd. For services to Technology Transfer and to Regional Development. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) •
Ann Julia Kettle. Senior Lecturer in Medieval History,
University of St. Andrews. For services to Higher Education. (St Andrews, Fife) • Nicolette King. Managing director,
Isuzu Trucks UK Ltd. For services to the Road Transport Industry. (Rochester, Kent) • David Robert Samuel Kingan, DL. For services to the
St. John Ambulance Brigade. (London) • Francesca Marilyn Simone Klug. Senior Research Fellow, Human Rights Centre,
London School of Economics. For services to Civil Justice and Human Rights. (London, N8) • Jennifer Anne Knight. Specialist Policy Officer, Equal Opportunities Unit,
Department for Education and Skills. • John Marriott Knight. Regional Architect,
Historic Scotland. (Edinburgh) • Janis Kong. For services to Transport and to Regional Development in South East England. (Walton-on-Thames, Surrey) •
Verity Ann Lambert. For services to Film and Television Production. (London, W11) • Sarah Caroline Leigh. For services to the Legal Profession. (London, EC2Y) • Barry Linton. Grade 7,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Reading, Berkshire) • William Hagan Lockhart. For services to the Voluntary Sector. (Holywood, Down) • Alastair Douglas Wollaston Logan. For services to Justice. (Guildford, Surrey) • Frances Love. Director, Couple Counselling Scotland. For services to Marriage Guidance. (Edinburgh) • Professor Roy Anthony Lowe. Professor of Education,
University of Wales, Swansea. For services to Teacher Training in Wales. (Mumbles, Swansea) • Janet Smith Lumsden. Headteacher, Kirkhill Primary School, Broxburn, West Lothian. For services to Education. (Whitburn, West Lothian) • Brig John Alexander MacLean Macdonald, JP, DL. For services to the
Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association in Nottinghamshire. (Newark-on-Trent, Nottinghamshire) • Gillian Claire Mackenzie. For services to the Association of chief Officers of Probation. (Gloucester, Gloucestershire) • Ian Duncan Robertson MacNicol, DL. For services to the
Country Landowners' Association and to Agriculture in Norfolk. (Melton Constable, Norfolk) • John Alan Mann. Clerk and Superintendent, London Central Markets. For services to
Smithfield Market and to Veterinary Medicine. (Norwich, Norfolk) •
Miriam Margolyes. Actress. For services to Drama. (London, SW4) • John Herd Martin. Grade 7,
Department for Work and Pensions. (Paisley, Renfrewshire) •
Monica Mason. Assistant Director,
Royal Ballet. For services to Dance. (London, WC2E) • William Elson Matthews. For services to Aboriculture. (Penshurst, Kent) • William Samuel McChesney. For services to Industry. (Carrickfergus, Antrim) • Neil McClelland. Director,
National Literacy Trust. For services to Education. (Dorking, Surrey) • Elizabeth McClurg. For services to Education and to the community. (Craigavon, Armagh) • John St Clair McCormick. For services to Health Care in Dumfries and Galloway. • Patrick McHugh. For services to the
St. Vincent de Paul Society. (Ballymena, Antrim) • Terence Peter McLoughlin. Director of Government Affairs,
BAE Systems plc. For services to the Aerospace Industry. (Amersham, Buckinghamshire) • Deborah Mellor. Deputy head, NHS Employment Branch, Department of Health. (Otley, West Yorkshire) • Alan Richard Mellors. Area manager, Highways Agency, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Ruislip, Middlesex) • Colin Millar. Member,
Aberdeenshire Council. For services to Local Government. (Aberdeenshire) • Professor Gordon Stewart Milne. Chairman, Scottish Valuation and Rating Council. For services to Local Government. (Edinburgh) •
Rodney Milnes. Chief Opera Critic,
The Times. For services to Journalism and to Music. (London, N6) • Philip Nigel Monk. Consultant, Communicable Disease Control. For services to Public Health. (Leicester, Leicestershire) • James William Mullen. Formerly Governor,
HM Prison Long Lartin, Prison Service. (Ossett, West Yorkshire) • Debra Marie Murdock. Nurse manager,
Rampton Hospital, Nottinghamshire. For services to Health Care and to the Royal College of Nursing. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) • Vanda Murray. Chief executive Officer, Blick plc. For services to Industry and to Export. (Cirencester, Gloucestershire) • David Anthony Murtagh. Grade B1,
Ministry of Defence. (Saffron Walden, Essex) • Dorothy Naylor. Chief executive, North West Tourist Board. For services to Tourism. (Chorley, Lancashire) • Edgar Newcomb. Registrar and secretary,
University of Manchester. For services to Higher Education. (Wilmslow, Cheshire) • Gillian Esme Newton. Formerly Headteacher, Great Ponton Church of England Primary School, Lincolnshire. For services to Education. (Grantham, Lincolnshire) •
Leonard John Nike. For services to Business and to the community in Bracknell, Berkshire. (Binfield, Berkshire) • Winifred Anne O'Kane. For services to Education. (Magherafelt, Londonderry) • Arthur Joseph O'Neill. For services to Juvenile Justice. (Belfast) • Robert William Ormond. For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Hampshire. (Alton, Hampshire) • John Vincent Palmer. Chairman, Steel Industry National Training Organisation. For services to Education and Training. (Stafford, Staffordshire) • Andrew John Parker. Chairman,
British Egg Industry Council. For services to the Egg Industry. (Herstmonceux, East Sussex) • David Parker. Assistant director, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Nailsea, Bristol) • Michael Joseph Parker. For services to the Energy Advisory Panel. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex) • William Mervyn Pauley. For services to Journalism. (Belfast) • Susan Peacock. Consultant, Engineering and Marine Training Authority. For services to Training. (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire) •
Rosamunde Pilcher. Writer. For services to Literature. (Dundee) • Gillian Margaret Poole. Matron, Nuffield Hospital Wolverhampton. For services to the Coronary Aftercare Group. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands) • Keith Anthony Portlock, QPM. Formerly Deputy chief Constable,
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Exeter, Devon) • Michael Power. Deputy director,
Catholic Education Service. For services to Education. (London, SE2) •
Denis Clifford Quilley. Actor. For services to Drama. (London, SW14) • Professor Kenneth Cunningham Rankin. Orthopaedic Surgeon. For services to Orthopaedics in Africa. (Dundee) • Christopher John Rea. Managing director, AES Engineering Ltd. For services to Industry. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire) • Rupert John Rhymes. Chief executive,
Society of London Theatre and the
Theatrical Management Association. For services to Drama. (Bath, Somerset) • Anne-Marie Desiree Richardson. For services to the
British Red Cross Society in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands) • Nicholas John Martin Richardson. Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (Croydon, Surrey) • Huw Roberts. Headteacher,
Ysgol Gyfun Llangefni. For services to Education. (Ynys Mon, Gwynedd) • Archie Robertson. Director of Operations,
Environment Agency. For services during Emergencies. (Harpenden, Hertfordshire) • Belinda Robertson. Designer. For services to Textiles. (Edinburgh) • Jennifer Mary Rodgers. Formerly director of Quality and Nursing,
Frimley Park Hospital NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Church Crookham, Hampshire) • Keith Rowlands. Headteacher, The Dell Primary School, Chepstow. For services to Education. (Chepstow, Gwent) • Amrik Singh Sahota. For services to the Economy and to the Asian community in the West Midlands. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • Huw Salisbury. Headteacher,
South Camden Community School, London. For services to Education. (London, W2) •
Jeremy San, Founder,
Argonaut Games plc. For services to the Computer Games Industry. (London, NW1) • Roger Henry Sanbrook. Leader, Restrictions and Sanctions Team,
H.M Board of Customs and Excise. (London) • Barbara Saunders. For services to Consumer Representation in Financial Services. (St Albans, Hertfordshire) • Professor Eric Daniel Saunders. For services to Sports Development. (Greenisland, Antrim) • Philippa Mary Saunders. For services to
OXFAM and to
Save the Children. (London, SE3) • Maurice Sharples. For services to the
Citizens Advice Bureau Service. (Stockport, Cheshire) • Michael Shearman. County director, Hampshire and Isle of Wight Youth Options. For services to Young People. (Alresford, Hampshire) • George Geddes Shirriffs. General Medical Practitioner, Aberdeen. For services to the Scottish Council for Postgraduate Medical and Dental Education. (Aberdeen) • Peter Ronald Shuker, TD. Formerly Principal and chief executive,
Darlington College of Technology. For services to Further Education. (Darlington, Durham) • Kathy-Ann Sienko. Nurse consultant for Rehabilitation. For services to Health Care and to Ethnic Minority Communities. (Bedfont, Middlesex) • William Moore Sillery, DL. For services to Education. (Belfast) • Penny Simpson. For services to the Children's Hearing System in Aberdeen. (Aberdeen) • Kawal Jeet Kaur Singh. Headteacher, Gladstone Park Primary School, Brent, London. For services to Education. (North Wembley, Middlesex) • June Elizabeth Smail. Head of Nursing, Gwent Health Authority. For services to Health Care. (Radyr, Cardiff) • Capt David Terence Smith. RN. For services to . (Southsea, Hampshire) • Anne Spackman. For services to the National Council of One Parent Families. (London, N10) • Michael Spong. Principal Crown Prosecutor,
Crown Prosecution Service. (Guildford, Surrey) • Vaughan Starkey. Grade B1, Ministry of Defence. (West Byfleet, Surrey) • Ralph Adolphus Straker, JP. For services to Community Relations. (London, N3) • Julian Streeter. Policy Adviser, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (East Twickenham, Middlesex) • John Alexander Stringer. For services to the Chamber of Commerce Movement. (Newtownards, Down) • Roy Summers. board member, East of Scotland Water. For services to the Water Industry. (Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire) • Barbara Swann. Health Visitor. For services to Health Care. (Stockport, Greater Manchester) • Andrew Henry Tabor. Team Leader, Transition Division, Department for Education and Skills. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) •
Graham Taylor. Formerly
Manager,
Watford Football Club. For services to Association Football. (Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire) • Karen Ann Taylor. Audit manager,
National Audit Office. (Sevenoaks, Kent) • Malcolm Howard Taylor. For services to the
Vaughan Williams Memorial Library. (London, SE13) • Richard William Taylor. Group Commercial director,
Vosper Thorneycroft plc. For services to the Defence Industry. (Southampton, Hampshire) • Jennifer Anne Thomas. For services to The Child Bereavement Trust. (Cookham, Berkshire) • Donald Angus Thompson. Deputy Surveyor of the Crown Lands of the New Forest, Forestry Commission. (Lyndhurst, Hampshire) • Merrick Hugh Denton-Thompson. For services to the Learning Through Landscapes Trust. (Bishop's Waltham, Hampshire) •
Daphne Jane Todd. Portrait Painter. For services to Art. (Mayfield, East Sussex) •
Arthur Torrington. For services to Community Relations in London. (Orpington, Kent) • Brian George Scott Tucker. Regional Marketing director, BAE Systems. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries. (West Malling, Kent) • The Hon Edward Neil Turner, DL. For services to Business in Yorkshire and Humberside. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Professor Norman Tutt. For services to Child Care Services in Ealing, London. (Bath, Somerset) • Norman Derrick Udall. Principal Official Veterinary Surgeon,
Food Standards Agency. (Crewkerne, Somerset) • Peter Frederick Vallance. Grade 6,
Home Office. (Haywards Heath, West Sussex) • Mary Catherine Waddell. For services to Health Care. (Bangor, Down) • Alison Wainman. Formerly Member,
Kent County Council. For services to Local Government. • Professor
Frank Arneil Walker. For services to Architectural History and Conservation. (Kilmacolm, Renfrewshire) • Ann Margaret Waters. Grade 5, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (London, N10) • Kevin Charles Watkins. Senior Policy Adviser, OXFAM. For services to Debt Relief. (Oxford, Oxfordshire) • Ralph Michael George Watson. Editor, BDA News. For services to the
British Dental Association and to the Dental Profession. (Manningtree, Essex) • David Ernest Spencer Webster. For services to the
Church of England. (Tunbridge Wells, Kent) • Denis Simpson White. For services to Medicine. (Dunmurry, Belfast) • Paul Milner Whiteman. Member,
Bridgnorth District Council and to the
Local Government Association. For services to Local Government. (Broseley, Shropshire) • Anthony Michael Whittaker. Grade B2, Ministry of Defence. (Bromley, Kent) • David Thomas Wilkinson, JP. For services to the Magistrates' Court Service. (Rochdale, Lancashire) • Christopher Patrick Wilson. Formerly Press secretary to the
Secretary of State for Wales. The Wales Office. (London, SW12) • Brian Bernard Winston. For charitable services. (Hadley Wood, Hertfordshire) •
Geoffrey Mark Wolfson. For services to the
Brathay Trust, Ambleside, Cumbria. (London, SW1P) • John Graham Wood. For services to the
Food and Drink Federation and to Food Safety. (Carshalton, Surrey) • Richard John Wood. For services to People with Disabilities. (Ripley, Derbyshire) • Lawrence Woodward. Director, Elm Farm Research Centre. For services to Organic Farming. (Marlborough, Wiltshire) • Professor
Mark Edward John Woolhouse, Chair of Veterinary Public Health and Quantitative Epidemiology,
University of Edinburgh. For services to the Control of Infectious Diseases (Edinburgh) • Francis Edward Worsley. Formerly Complaints commissioner,
Financial Services Authority. For services to Financial Regulation. (Sonning on Thames, Berkshire) • Elizabeth Yates. Group manager, Court Service,
Lord Chancellor's Department. (Darlington, Durham) • Ian Alexander Young, DL. For services to Economic Regeneration. (Londonderry) • Jayne Diane Zito. For services to The Zito Trust. (London, SE10)
Members of the British Empire (M.B.E.) • Richard Lionel Abbott. Workshop Engineer. For services to the Defence Industry. (London) • Verna Elizabeth Adderley. Executive Officer, Benefits Agency,
Department for Work and Pensions. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Shama Mahmood Ahmad. For services to the community in Newham, London. (London, E6) • Moira Alexander. For services to Education. (Dromore, Down) • Beverley Anne Allardice. For services to the community in Fleet, Hampshire. (Fleet, Hampshire) • John Peter Allen. Farmer. For services to Hill Farming. (Penrith, Cumbria) • David Roy Allsopp. For services to the West Midlands Federation of Victim Support Schemes. (Walsall, West Midlands) • Jack Andrews. For services to the Channel 4 Theatre director Scheme and to the Pearson Playwrights' Scheme. (Teddington, Middlesex) • Chaudhury Mohammed Anwar. For services to Community Relations in Middlesex. (Enfield, Middlesex) • Sital Raja-Arjan. Marketing manager, House of Rajas. For services to Tourism in Bolton, Greater Manchester. (Bolton, Greater Manchester) • Pauline Frances Arksey. Formerly non-executive director, South Birmingham Mental Health Trust. For services to the National Schizophrenia Fellowship. (Worcester, Worcestershire) • Doris Rebecca Arliss. For services to the community, especially Elderly People, in Porchester, Hampshire. (Porchester, Hampshire) • Edmund Martin Arnold. Chairman, Hunslet Club for Boys and Girls, Leeds, West Yorkshire. For services to Young People. (Otley, North Yorkshire) • Martin John Ashburn. Commandant, Suffolk Special Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Woodbrige, Suffolk) • James Aston. Partner, HLB Kidsons. For services to Education. (Stratford upon Avon, Warwickshire) • John David Atkin. Chief Steward,
University College Durham. For services to Higher Education. (Durham) • Christopher Leslie Atkinson. Member, Alfreton Town Council, Derbyshire. For services to the community. (Alfreton, Derbyshire) • Angela Austin. Headteacher, Perthcelyn Community School. For services to Education. (Hengoed, Rhondda Cynon Taff) • William Frederick Austin. For services to the community in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) • Nancy Doris Baber. Leader, Manchester Prestwich Crusaders. For services to Young People. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Ian Baines. Vice-Consul (Investment), British Consulate, New York. (USA) • Martin Trevor Baines. Grade C2,
Ministry of Defence. (East Kilbride, Glasgow) • John Bamford. For services to the
Royal British Legion in Staffordshire. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) • Anthony Patrick Bannister. Chief Admiralty Pilot for Portsmouth, Ministry of Defence. (Havant, Hampshire) • John Bannister. Formerly assistant to the Government chief Whip and to the Leader of the House of Lords. (London, SE12) • Mary Rose Barker, DL. For services to the community in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire. (West Ella, East Riding of Yorkshire) • Edith Mary Barlee. For services to Riding for the Disabled in Edinburgh. (Peebleshire, Tweeddale) • Amanda Jane Sizer Barrett. Director general, Gardenex. For services to Export. (Wadhurst, East Sussex) • Hugh Barron. For services to Gaelic Studies. (Inverness, Inverness-shire) • Peggy Barson. For services to the
Apollo Theatre, Oxford. (Abingdon, Oxfordshire) • Pamela Jean Bartlett. For services to Sick and Disabled People in Guernsey. (Guernsey, Channel Islands) • Morag Elizabeth Barton. Director. For services to the
Brooklands Museum Trust. (Weybridge, Surrey) • Peter Bayley. Projectionist,
Phoenix Cinema, East Finchley. For services to the Film Industry. (London, N3) • Thomas John Beare. For services to Lifelong Learning. (Newtownabbey, Antrim) • Maureen Helen Beaumont. Manager, Lost Property Office. For services to
Transport for London. (Corringham, Essex) • Richard Graham Beavis. Constable,
Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the community in Thamesmead Town, London. (London, SE18) • Trevor Beer. Wildlife and Countryside Columnist,
Western Morning News. For services to Journalism and to the Environment. (Barnstaple, Devon) • Wendy Barbara Bell. Business manager, Employment Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire) • Esrald George Emmanuel Bennett. For services to Elderly People in Rotherham, South Yorkshire. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Robin Henry Bennett. Director, Lime Centre. For services to Building Conservation. (Winchester, Hampshire) • Mavis Merlina Stephenson-Best. Youth Affairs Officer, West Indian Standing Conference. For services to Equal Opportunities. (London, SE7) •
Sterling Betancourt. For services to the Steel Band Movement. (London, NW10) • Betty Alberta Betts. For services to the Kent Association for the Blind. (Maidstone, Kent) • Nora Billington. For services to Dance in Oldham, Lancashire. (Oldham, Lancashire) • Keith Birtles. For charitable services to Romanian Orphans. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) • Margaret Law Birtwistle. For services to the community and to the Drug Problem Helpline in Epsom, Surrey. • Alec Gordon Blackburn. Vice-president, Swansea and West Wales Occupation Safety Group. For services to Health and Safety. (Killay, Swansea) • Stephanie Diane Blackman. Higher Executive Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. (Ormskirk, Lancashire) • Isabel Anne Blincow. For services to the Great Sheffield Art Show. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • Doreen Bouwens. For services to the community in Shepperton, Middlesex. (Shepperton, Middlesex) • Pamela Bowen. Deputy chief executive, Science, Engineering, Technology and Mathematics Network. For services to Education and to Industry. (Epsom, Surrey) • Raymond Bowker. For services to the community in Altrincham, Cheshire. (Altrincham, Cheshire) • Thomas Francis Bowles. For services to the Fishing Industry. (Brixham, Devon) • Dorothy Bowmaker. Adviser manager, Employment Service, Department for Work and Pensions. (Saltburn, Cleveland) • Phyllida Margaret Mary Bowser. Director, Wishart Centre, Dundee. For services to Homeless People. (Newport-on-Tay, Fife) • Richard Alan Brading. Head of Humanities and Examinations Co-ordinator,
St Bede's Inter-Church School, Cambridge. For services to Education. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • Ann Brady. Chief executive, Highland Pre-School Services. For services to Early Years Education. (Evanton, Ross and Cromarty) • Kenneth Ernest Brian Bragger. Formerly Deputy Departmental Security Officer,
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. (Sudbury, Suffolk) • Robert Anthony Breach. Head, Quality and Environmental Services,
Severn Trent Water. For services to the Water Industry. (Solihull, West Midlands) • Margaret Joan Bridges. Personal secretary, HM
Board of Inland Revenue. (Bath, Somerset) • David Edward Britton. General Medical Practitioner, Newark, Nottinghamshire. For services to Health Care. (Newark, Nottinghamshire) • Norma Broadbridge. For services to the British Biology Olympiad. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • John Brooks. For services to the community, especially the
NSPCC, in Maidstone, Kent. (Maidstone, Kent) • Jennifer Margaret Elizabeth Buckle. For services to the community in Devon. (Ashburton, Devon) • Christine Anne Bullen. Deputy Establishment Officer,
Privy Council Office. (Cambridgeshire) • David Patrick Henry Burgess. For services to the community, especially the Caius College Mission, in Battersea, London. (London, W1K) • Gladys Burrell. For services to the community, especially the Barnstaple Town Majorettes, in Devon. (Barnstaple, Devon) • Margaret Burrow. For services to the Barrow and District Disability Association, Cumbria. (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria) • Harold Burrows. For services to Emergency Planning Services in the Welsh Ambulance Service. (Denbigh, Denbighshire) • Joan Millicent Burton. For services to the community in Pattingham, Staffordshire. (Wolverhampton, Staffordshire) • Paul Hubert Bush. For services to Disabled People's Access. (Nr Daventry, Northamptonshire) • Colin Butler. For services to First World War Veterans through Genesta. (Brackley, Northamptonshire) • Shaukat Butt, JP. Member, Glasgow City Council. For services to Local Government and to the community. (Glasgow) • Alan Robert Montgomery Cahill. For services to the Ambulance Service. (Drumahoe, Londonderry) • John Stewart Caldwell, JP. For services to the community in Aberlour and Upper Speyside, Banffshire. (Aberlour, Banffshire) • Robena Cameron. Personal secretary, Court Service,
Lord Chancellor's Department. (Ballyclare, Antrim) • Andrew Campbell. For services to the community in Kirkcudbright. (Kirkcudbright, Dumfries) • Andrew John Candler. Adviser, Disability Information and Advice Project. For services to disabled people. (London, N19) • Frederick George Carpenter. For services to disabled people in South West England. (Warminster, Wiltshire) • Margaret Ann Carrick. Senior Home Care assistant, North Yorkshire County Council. For services to Home Care. (Filey, North Yorkshire) • John Francis Carson. For services to Training. (Downpatrick, Down) • Mary Lontine Carter. For services to the Isle of Man Police Court Mission. • Steven Carter. Manager, Rothwell Training Centre, Leeds. For services to Adults with Learning Disabilities. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • John Catterall. For services to the community, especially Choral Music, in Lancashire. (Preston, Lancashire) • Edward Henry Chandler. For services to the community in Bognor Regis, West Sussex. (Bognor Regis, West Sussex) • Loretta Joanne Chaplin. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Norwich, Norfolk) • David Laurence Chapman. For public service. (Lisburn, Antrim) • Henry Fraser Chapman. For services to the community in New Deer, Aberdeenshire. (Peterhead, Aberdeenshire) • Buddig Mona Nans Charles. For services to Health Care and to the community in South Wales. (Roath Park, Cardiff) • Winifred Lucy May Cheyney. For services to the community in Milford-on-Sea, Hampshire. (Lymington, Hampshire) •
Martin David William Childs. Production Designer. For services to the Film Industry. (London, SE1) • William John Chivers. For services to the Sea Cadet Corps in Edgware, Middlesex. (Kenton, Middlesex) • Colin Chritchard. For services to the community, especially the Taunton Carnival, in Somerset. (Taunton, Somerset) • Diane Gillian Churchill. For services to Holidays for Disabled Children in Ashdown Forest. (Hove, East Sussex) • Ronald James Clare. Member, Institute of Advanced Motorists. For services to Road Safety. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Hugh Turton Clark. Sheep Farmer. For services to the Sheep Industry in Suffolk. (Newmarket, Suffolk) • David John Clarson. For services to the Manor and Castle Development Trust, Sheffield, South Yorkshire. (Grindleford, Derbyshire) • Steven John Clements. General Dental Practitioner. For services to Practice Design in the
NHS. (Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands) • Rees Temple Coghlan. For services to the Aylsham Care Trust in Norfolk. (Aylsham, Norfolk) • Doreen Cohen. For services to Community Relations in Ilford, Essex. (Ilford, Essex) • Roy Cole. Bus Driver Trainer,
Arriva Midlands North. For services to Cystic Fibrosis. (Market Drayton, Shropshire) • Josephine Mary Collins. Director of Music,
Chicken Shed Theatre Co. For services to Music. (London, N13) • Margaret Elizabeth Connolly. For services to Higher Education. (Portstewart, Londonderry) • John Cooke. Managing director, Northumberland Guidance Company. For services to Careers Guidance. (Alnwick, Northumberland) • David John Coome. For services to the Airfreight Industry. (Finaghy, Belfast) • Maureen Cooper. For services to the community, especially Rochdale Childer, in Lancashire. (Rochdale, Lancashire) • John William Coopey. For services to the Coroner's Officers' Association. (Nr Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) • Irene Cope. Residential Scheme manager, Holmwood Sheltered Housing. For services to Elderly People in Bristol. (Hanham, Bristol) • Joyce Gladys Copp. For services to the
WRVS in Exeter, Devon. (Exeter, Devon) • Clifford Dennis Corner. For services to Local History in Somerset. (Porlock, Somerset) • John Arthur Corner. For services to the community, especially St Luke's Hospice, in Brent and Harrow, Middlesex. (Chorleywood, Hertfordshire) • Sefton Roland Coslett. For services to the community, especially Disabled People and Local Government, in Llanelli, South Wales. (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) • Heather Cowl. Head of Music,
Dorothy Stringer High School, Brighton and Hove, East Sussex. For services to Education. (Hove, East Sussex) • Eoin Cox. For services to the Borders Forest Trust. • Kenneth Cracknell. For services to the community in Beccles, Suffolk. (Beccles, Suffolk) • Dennis John Crane. For services to People with Kidney Disease. (Stockport, Greater Manchester) • Sylvia Creighton. For services to the community. (Lisburn, Antrim) • Doris Crimes. For services to the
WRVS in Partington, Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Joy Astor Cripps. For services to the community, especially
Age Concern, in Reigate, Surrey. (Redhill, Surrey) • Charles Hugh Crockford. Formerly Mechanic, Tenby Lifeboat, Pembrokeshire. For services to Marine Safety. (Tenby, Pembrokeshire) • Michael David Cross. Formerly Senior Professional and Technology Officer,
National Assembly for Wales. (Cardiff, South Glamorgan) • Ann Jacqueline Cummings. For services to Headway Hurstwood Park in Sussex. (Seaford, East Sussex) •
Philip Martin Cunningham. Accordionist and Composer. For services to Scottish Traditional Music. (Beauly, Inverness-shire) • Joan Currie. Managing director, Menzies Engineering Design Ltd. For services to Enterprise in the Highlands and Islands. (Dornoch, Sutherland) • David Allan James Dando. For services to the Petroleum Industry Association. (Southampton, Hampshire) • Frederick John Lyne Davey. For services to the community, especially the
Air Training Corps, in Plymouth. (Plymouth, Devon) • Jeannie Davidson. Childminding Development Officer, Daycare Trust. For services to Childminding. (London, N8) • George Ivor Davies. For services to the community in Torfaen, South Wales. (Pontypool, Torfaen) • Hugh Emlyn Davies. Formerly Veterinary Surgeon. For services to the Veterinary Profession in Staffordshire. (Nr Rugeley, Staffordshire) • John Thomas Cadwell Davies. For services to the community in New Quay, Ceredigion. (New Quay, Ceredigion) • Professor Morgan Wynn Humphrey-Davies. For services to the
University of Wales, Bangor. (Anglesey, Gwynedd) • Stedman Davies. For services to Judo and the Martial Arts in Llanelli, South Wales. (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) • Thomas Dawkins. Union Learning Representative, Ceramics and Allied Trade Union. For services to Lifelong Learning. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) • Alan Daysh. Fitter/Turner, Fleet Support Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Gosport, Hampshire) • Lewis Edwin Deal. For services to the Medway Aircraft Preservation Society, Kent. (Medway, Kent) • Joyce Amelia May Denholm. For services to the Far East Prisoners of War Funds and Associations. (Blandford Forum, Dorset) • Cyril Dennis. For services to the Jewish community in Essex. (London, NW3) • Raymond George Coulter Desmond. Horticultural Historian. For services to Garden History. (East Twickenham, Middlesex) • Lynda Devereux. For services to the National Group on Homeworking. • John Dew, DL. For services to the community, especially the
Horsham Cricket Club, in West Sussex. (West Sussex) • Hazel Dickson. For services to the community in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. (Penarth, The Vale of Glamorgan) • Elizabeth Mabel Difford. For services to the
British Red Cross Society in Somerset. (Bridgwater, Somerset) • Pauline Ann Dodds. For services to the British Red Cross Society. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • David Lee Donachie. For services to Elderly and Disabled People in Greater Manchester. (Astley, Greater Manchester) • William Leslie Donaldson. For services to Education and to Schools Football. (Linlithgow, Lothian) • Peter Francis Doran. For services to the community, especially the Bebington Sea Cadet Unit, in Wirral. (Wirral, Merseyside) • Maureen Douglas. General Medical Practitioner, West Scotland. For services to Health Care. • Ann McKenzie Downie. Sub-Postmistress. For services to the Post Office and to the community in Fairlie, Ayrshire. (Fairlie, Ayrshire and Arran) • Valerie May Dring. Senior manager,
NatWest Bank plc. For services to Business. (Sandy, Bedfordshire) • Alexander Macrae Duffy. For services to the
St John Ambulance Brigade in Nottinghamshire. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) • Dorothy Duffy. Specialist Health Visitor. For services to Children with Special Needs in Hounslow, Middlesex. (Twickenham, Middlesex) • Michael Henry Dufty. Senior Maintenance Technician,
London School of Economics and Political Science. For services to Higher Education. (London, SE5) • Edna Duke. For services to the community in Merton, London. (London, SW19) • Ida Evelyn Durack. Formerly Charge Nurse, Tyrwhitt House. For nursing services to Ex-Service Personnel. (Leatherhead, Surrey) • Paul Fort Dymond. For services to BP and to the Oil and Gas Industry. (Bieldside, Aberdeen) • George Alan Malcolm Dyson. Band 4, Health and Safety Executive,
Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Reading, Berkshire) • Marjorie Dyson. For services to the Magistrates' Court in Manchester. (Bury, Lancashire) • Donna Francesca Eaton. Assistant in Charge, News Traffic Unit. For services to the
BBC. (Feltham, Middlesex) • Neil Tristan Edwards. Principal Technician, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (London) • William James Ellard. Formerly Client/Maintenance Officer,
Daventry District Council. For services to the community in Northampton. (Weedon, Northamptonshire) • Susan Elphick. For charitable services to the
Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust, Chester. (Chester, Cheshire) • Anthony Elsby. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Chesterton, Staffordshire. (Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire) • Emmaline Violet Elizabeth Emery. For services to Education. (Downpatrick, Down) • Jill Ann England. For services to Housing. (Portadown, Armagh) • Tegwyn Mills Evans. For services to the community in Welshpool, Powys. (Welshpool, Powys) • Sylvia Mary Everitt. For services to the Staffordshire Millennium Embroideries. (Rawnsley Cannock, Staffordshire) • Jill Eleanor Farwell. Executive director, Children's Hospice South West. For services to Palliative Care. (Barnstaple, Devon) • Rita Alma Faulkner. For services to the community in Swinton, Greater Manchester. (Salford, Greater Manchester) • Christine Lois Feather. Co-ordinator, Project Action on Clinical Effectiveness. For services to Health Care. (Bradford, West Yorkshire) • Barbara Primrose Feltham. For services to the community in East Quantoxhead, Somerset. (Bridgwater, Somerset) • Iris Medora Le Feuvre. For services to the community in Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands) • Mavis Fewkes. Support manager,
Department for Education and Skills. (Rotherham, South Yorkshire) • Roger Allan Fewster. Conductor, Cor Glandulais. For services to Music in Wales. (Llanelli, Carmarthenshire) • Peter Leslie James Finnimore. Staff Officer,
HM Inspectorate of Constabulary. For services to the Police. (Ruislip, Middlesex) • Dorothy Rose Fissenden. School Cleaner, Borough Green Primary School, Sevenoaks, Kent. For services to Education. (Sevenoaks, Kent) • Nelpah Eccleston Flanigan. For services to Community Relations in Surrey. (Camberley, Surrey) •
James Mathieson Fleming. Referee. For services to Rugby Union Football. (Edinburgh) • James Vincent David Forte. Director of Social Responsibility,
KPMG. For services to Community Volunteering. (Iver, Buckinghamshire) • Ronald Mitford Foulkes. For services to the Countess Mountbatten Hospice, Southampton, Hampshire. (Winchester, Hampshire) • Peter Granville Fowler. For services to the Newspaper Industry and to Charity. (Boyton, Wiltshire) • Doreen France. For services to the community, especially the Performing Arts, in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. (Huddesfield, West Yorkshire) • Francis John French. For services to the Barton-on-Humber Civic Society, Lincolnshire. (Barton-on-Humber, Lincolnshire) • Frederick Arthur French. For services to Angling, Conservation and Disabled People. (Ambleside, Cumbria) • Allen Fyffe. For services to Mountaineering. (Aviemore, Inverness-shire) • Betty Evelyn Gallimore, JP. For services to the community in Sale, Greater Manchester. (Sale, Cheshire) • Gladys Clara Galloway. Milk Lady. For services to the community in Hatfield Broad Oak, near Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire. (Bishops Stortford, Hertfordshire) • Margaret Mosquera-Garcia. Administrative Officer, Vehicle Inspectorate, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Heywood, Lancashire) • Renato Garcia. Mental Health Services manager. For services to Mentally Ill People in Ealing, London. (Maidenhead, Berkshire) • William Gardner. For services to the
Scottish Seabird Centre, North Berwick. (North Berwick, East Lothian) • Christine Garner. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau Service and to the Community Legal Service in Leigh, Cheshire. (Warrington, Cheshire) • Pauline Garthwaite. Headteacher, Oakvale School, Guernsey. For services to Special Needs Education. (Guernsey, Channel Islands) • Edward Frederick John Gates. For services to disabled people in Surrey. (Cheam, Surrey) • Mary Hattle Gemmell. For services to the Women's Guild and to the WRVS in Lanarkshire. (Wishaw, Lanarkshire) • Ivy Gwendoline Mary George. For services to the WRVS in Maldon, Essex. (Maldon, Essex) • Professor
Christopher Russell German. For services to Marine Research. (Fordingbridge, Hampshire) • Ian Robert Gibbons. Consul (Investment), British Consulate, New York. (USA) • John Henry Gibson. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. (Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire) • Clive Gilchrist. Regional Health and Safety Co-ordinator, Midlands. For services to the Medical Research Council. (Caldicote, Cambridgeshire) • Ajeet Singh Gill. For services to the community, especially
Lions Clubs International, in Leicestershire. (Bushby, Leicestershire) • Bridget Gill. For services to Nursery Education. (Welwyn, Hertfordshire) • Robert William Pullman Gillespie. For services to the
Citizens Advice Bureau in Faversham, Kent. (Faversham, Kent) • Sheila Gilmour. For charitable services to the Crossroads Care Attendant Scheme. (Ballymoney, Antrim) • Samuel Allen Glasgow. For services to Local Government. (Cookstown, Tyrone) • Frank Turnbull Gledhill. Project manager, Shafton Youth and Community Group, Barnsley, South Yorkshire. For services to Young People. (Barnsley, South Yorkshire) • Elizabeth Cameron, Lady Godsal, DL. For services to the community, especially the St John Ambulance Brigade, in Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire) • Sydney Golding. For charitable services in Cardiff. (Cardiff) • Ann Gomersall. Probation Officer. For services to Prisoners and Staff at
HM Prison Grendon. (Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire) • Muriel Gordon. Secretary, Amhurst Park Action Group, working in partnership with the Metropolitan Police Service. For services to Community Safety. (London, N16) • Linda Joyce Gore. Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. (London, N9) • Jeffrey Goundrill. Head of Activities,
HM Prison Leyhill, Prison Service. (Wotton-Under-Edge, Gloucestershire) • Robin Ramsay Arvon Grant. For services to the British Olympic Appeal in Cambridgeshire. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • Betty Gray. For services to Table Tennis in Swansea, South Wales. (Treboeth, Swansea) • Janet Gray. For services to Disabled Water Ski-ing. (Hillsborough, Down) • Richard George Greenaway. R.D. Survey manager, Thames Region,
Environment Agency. For services to the Environment. (Ashampstead Common, Berkshire) • Margaret Gregg. Custodian. For services to Townend House, Troutbeck, Cumbria. (Windermere, Cumbria) • Roy Arthur Griffin. For services to the community in Staffordshire. (Uttoxeter, Staffordshire) • Donald Clive Griffiths. For services to the community, especially the Canoldir Male Voice Choir, in Birmingham, West Midlands. (Solihull, West Midlands) • Haydn Griffiths. For services to the community, especially the Armthorpe Elmfield Band, in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) • Colin Sidney Grindy. Leading Fire-fighter, Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Buxton, Derbyshire) • The Rev Canon Dennis Ernest Hale. Formerly chairman of Governors, King Alfred's College, Winchester, Hampshire. For services to Higher Education. (Southampton, Hampshire) • Rosemary Celia Hall. For services to the community in Ash, Surrey. (Ash, Surrey) • Vera Constance Corner Halligan. Vice-chairman, Sea Ranger Association, London. For services to Young People. (London, SW20) • Hilda Hamilton. For services to the North East Kidney Patients' Association. (Hartlepool, Cleveland) • Kathleen Margaret Hammond. Manager, Athelstan House, Bodmin, Cornwall. For services to Elderly People. (Bodmin, Cornwall) • Margaret Elizabeth Hardcastle. Verger, Bulford Garrison, Ministry of Defence. (Salisbury, Wiltshire) • Doreen Elvin Harding. Formerly Receptionist and Switchboard Operator,
OFWAT. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • Margaret Isabel Hardman. For services to disabled people in Liverpool. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Anne Harley. Human Resources director,
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. For services to Sustainable Development. (Dry Drayton, Cambridgeshire) • Jacqueline Craven Harris. For services to Local Government and to Tourism in Bournemouth, Dorset. (Bournemouth, Dorset) • Patricia Harris. Administrative Officer, Department for Work and Pensions. (Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear) • Lesley Ann Hart. Head, Senior Studies Institute,
University of Strathclyde. For services to Lifelong Learning. (Giffnock, Renfrewshire) • Neil Hawkins. For services to the Friends of Mayday University Hospital, Croydon, Surrey. (Warlingham, Surrey) • Malcolm Haxby. Head, City Planning Group,
Westminster City Council. For services to Local Government. (London, W4) • Anna Elizabeth Carlisle-Haynes. Lecturer in Dance, Lewes Tertiary College, East Sussex. For services to Further Education. (Lewes, East Sussex) • Agnes Wilma Head. For services to Guiding in Alnwick, Northumberland. (Alnwick, Northumberland) • Dorothy Jean Head. For services to the community and to Young People in Penrhiwceiber, South Wales. (Penrhiwceiber, Rhondda Cynon Taff) • John Hearn. For services to the community in Waterloo, London. (London, SE1) • Gladys Helm. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Preston, Lancashire) • James Henderson. Port manager, Isle of Mull. For services to Port and Ferry Services. (Isle of Mull, Argyll and Bute) • Margaret Caughie Hewitt. First assistant, Linthaugh Nursery School, Glasgow. For services to Early Years Education. (Barrhead, Renfrewshire) • Lionel James Hill. For services to the Young Farmers' Movement. (Redditch, Worcestershire) • Professor William Hills. Emeritus Professor of Engineering Design, University of Newcastle upon Tyne. For services to Technology Transfer. (Sunderland, Lancashire) • Peter John Hinton. Workshop Superintendent, School of Chemical Engineering,
University of Birmingham. For services to Higher Education. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • Emma Hions. Member,
Calderdale Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government and to the community. (Brighouse, West Yorkshire) • Brian George Hiscutt. For services to Forensic Medicine. (Killyleagh, Down) • Patricia Jean Hobbs. Assistant director (Management and Hostels), Leicester City Council. For services to Single Homelessness and to Rough Sleepers. (Leicester, Leicestershire) • Eric Duff Hobson. Parks Development Officer, City of Edinburgh Council. For services to Local Government. (Edinburgh) • Audrey Elizabeth Hodges. Administrative Officer, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Southampton, Hampshire) • Elizabeth Herbert Hogg. For services to the Northumbria Army Cadet Force. (Morpeth, Northumberland) • Jane Holroyd. Nurse manager, Critical Care, Tameside and Glossop Acute Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Jeannie Hope. For services to the community in Cumbria. (Cockermouth, Cumbria) • Lillian Maud Hopkin. For services to Local Government and to the community in Swansea. (Ravenhill, Swansea) • Patrick John Horrigan. For services to the community in Weston-Super-Mare. (Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset) • Kay Hounsham. For services to the Post Office and to People with Disabilities. (Farnborough, Hampshire) • Pamela Jean Howard. Dance Project Officer, Hextable School, Kent. For services to Education and to the community. (Hextable, Kent) • Timothy Nicholas Hughes. For services to the community in Priston, Somerset. (Bath, Somerset) • Michael Hulme. Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. (London) • Albert Percival Humphries. Sub Officer, Oxfordshire Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Deddington, Oxfordshire) • Ann Gibson Hunt. Veterinary Surgeon. For services to Animal Health. (Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross) •
Ann Mercy Hunt, JP. For services to the Tuberous Sclerosis Association. (Witney, Oxfordshire) • Edward John Hunt. Manufacturing manager,
Smiths Industries Aerospace. For services to the Defence and Aerospace Industries. (Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) • Freda Hussain. For services to the community in Leicester. (Leicester, Leicestershire) • George Edward Icke. For services to the community in Lower Penn, West Midlands. (Wolverhampton, West Midlands) • Andrew Bennett Ingram. Farmer. For services to the Henley and District Agricultural Association, Oxfordshire. (Watlington, Oxfordshire) • Adrian Watt Ions. For services to the community, especially the Alnwick International Music Festival, in Northumberland. (Alnwick, Northumberland) • William Gerard Ireland. For services to the community in Keswick, Cumbria. (Keswick, Cumbria) • Beverley Ann Ireson. For services to the Association of Teachers of Lip Reading to Adults. (South Lancing, West Sussex) • George Irvine. For public service. (Enniskillen, Fermanagh) • John Barry Jackson. Chairman, Jackson Building Centres Ltd. For services to Training in Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire) • Jacqueline Ann James. For services to disabled people in Wales, Europe, Russia and the former Soviet Union. (Gwernogle, Carmarthenshire) • Craig Andrew Jamieson. Messenger. For services to the Benefits Agency in Bristol. (Stockwood, Bristol) • James Henry Robert Johns. For charitable services to the Children's Unit,
Derriford Hospital, Plymouth, Devon. (Whitsone, Devon) • Paul Cyril Johnson. Senior Countryside Officer,
Countryside Agency. For services to the Rural Environment. (Cirencester, Gloucestershire) • Annie Johnstone. For services to the community in Motherwell, Lanarkshire. (Motherwell, Lanarkshire) • David Snowdon-Jones. For charitable services in North East Wales. (Mold, Flintshire) • The Rev Canon Mary Nerissa Anna Jones. For services to the community in Wood End, Coventry, West Midlands. (Bridport, Dorset) • Jack Juby. Heavy Horseman. For services to Heavy Horses. (Hingham, Norfolk) • Avtar Singh Kalha, JP. For services to the community in Newham, London. (Ilford, Essex) • Hoshie Kanga. Formerly Range B,
HM Treasury. (London, W12) • Laurence Leslie Kaye. Higher Executive Officer, Table Office,
House of Commons. (Lower Kingswood, Surrey) • Denise Kelly. Facilities Representative, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (London, SE6) • Gertrude Kenmure. For services to the community, especially Young People, in Wishaw, Lanarkshire. (Wishaw, Lanarkshire) • Sydney Thomas Kent. Equal Opportunities Development Officer,
University of Essex. For services to Higher Education. (Colchester, Essex) • James Keogh. Chief Guard, Immigration and Nationality Directorate,
Home Office. (London, SW2) • Lt Cdr Arthur Edward Rance Keyte. For services to the
Sea Cadet Corps in Hastings, East Sussex. (St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex) • Alan Kilbey. Formerly Clerk to the Attorney General. (Chelmsford, Essex) • Jack Naisbitt King. For services to the Police and to the community in Cambridgeshire. (Cambridge, Cambridgeshire) • William King. For services to Ploughing. (Coleraine, Londonderry) • William Frederick James Percival Kingsbury. For services to Sport in the Rhondda Valley, South Wales. (Porth, Rhondda Cynon Taff)* • David Gilbert Gerald Kirby. Chair of Governors,
Angley School, Cranbrook, Kent. For services to Education. (Benenden, Kent) • Elizabeth Florence Knight. For services to the community in Olney, Buckinghamshire. (Olney, Buckinghamshire) •
Jeffrey Sonny Kruger. For services to the Jazz Music Industry. (Hove, East Sussex) • Joseph Kusner. Formerly Teacher,
Acland Burghley School, Kentish Town, London. For services to Education. (London, NW5) • Martha Milligan Laing. For services to Save the Children in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh) •
Douglas Martin Lampkin. For services to Motorcycle Trials Riding. (Silsden, West Yorkshire) • Nicholas Angell Lane. For services to the community in King's Lynn, Norfolk. (King's Lynn, Norfolk) • John Carl Langtry. For services to the Fire Service. (Omagh, Tyrone) • Nadim Ednan-Laperouse. Chief executive, WOW Toys. For services to the Toy Industry and to Export. • Christine Lavery. For services to the Society for Mucopolysaccharide Diseases. (Little Chalfont, Buckinghamshire) • Beatrice Law. For services to
BLESMA in Blackpool, Lancashire. (Blackpool, Lancashire) • Mary Robertson Law. For services to the community in Cupar, Fife. (Cuparmuir, Fife) • Joseph Lawrence. For services to disabled people and to Wheelchair Sport. (Bradford, West Yorkshire) • John Philip Lawson. Formerly chairman,
Scottish Youth Hostels Association. For services to Youth Hostelling. (Anstruther, Fife) • Jacqueline Leech. For services to the community in Chester, Cheshire. (Chester, Cheshire) • Gloria Leighton. For services to the community in London. (London, NW8) • Michelle Denise Lewis. For charitable services to
Macmillan Cancer Relief and to the community, especially the
Alder Hey Hospital, in Merseyside. (Rainhill, Merseyside) • Joan Livingstone. Headteacher, St. Clement's Special School, Dingwall. For services to Special Needs Education. (Conon Bridge, Ross and Cromarty) • John Lockhart. For services to the community, especially the Kingfisher Project, in Maidstone, Kent. (Maidstone, Kent) • Pamela Mary Lodder. For services to the community in Solihull, West Midlands. (Nr Solihull, West Midlands) • Dorothy Edith Lodge, JP. For services to the Halstead Day Centre, Essex. (Braintree, Essex) • William Logan. Police Sergeant. For services to the community in Girvan. (Girvan, Ayrshire and Arran) • Reginald Arthur Lomas. Head Groundsman, Cheltenham Race Course. For services to Horse Racing. (Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire) • David Longbourne. For services to the community, especially the Mere Museum, in Wiltshire. (Mere, Wiltshire) • Andrew Wilson Lough. Deputy Estates manager, Lothian University Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Lasswade, Midlothian) • Helen Lubin. For services to the Safer Luton Partnership. (Luton, Bedfordshire) • David Francis Luckett. For services to Training and to the community in Hampshire. (Fareham, Hampshire) • Dorothy Gwen Ludlow. For charitable services to the Cobalt Unit Appeal Fund, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. (Nr Pershore, Worcestershire) • Wills Hugh Lynch. For services to the Fire Service. (Drumahoe, Londonderry) • Patricia Margaret Ross MacArthur. School Crossing Patrol Guide, Bridgend Primary School, West Lothian. For services to the community. (Linlithgow, West Lothian) • Barrie Ian MacDonald. For services to the ITC Library. (London, NW11) • Donald Macdonald. For services to Ornithology in Sutherland. (Dornoch, Sutherland) • Murdo John MacKenzie. For services to the Scottish Society for Autism. (Edinburgh) • Catherine Jane Cameron Mackintosh. District Nurse. For services to Health Care in Inverness-shire. (Tomatin, Inverness-shire) • Lorna MacLeod. Headteacher, Haddington Infant School, East Lothian. For services to Education. (Edinburgh) • Keith Alfred Madders. For services to the Zimbabwe Trust. (Epsom, Surrey) • Cindy Lou Maguire. Prison Strategy manager, Lifeline Project. For services to Prisoners. (Warrington, Cheshire) • Paul Oliver Maguire. Senior Adviser, HM
Board of Customs and Excise. (London) • Margaret Mahood. For services to the Victims of Crime. (Lisburn, Antrim) • John Mallaburn. Senior Storekeeper, Ministry of Defence. (Richmond, North Yorkshire) • Roger Stuart Manwaring. Registration Executive,
HM Land Registry, Lord Chancellor's Department. (Corse Lawn, Gloucestershire) • Charles Markwick. Security Guard, Pegasus. For services to the
Crown Prosecution Service. (Crawley, West Sussex) • Brian Ralph Le Marquand. For services to the community in Jersey. (Jersey, Channel Islands) • Susan Patricia Marsh, JP. For services to the community in Tameside, Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Bernadette Teresa Marshall. Senior Nurse manager and Professional head of Midwifery, West Midlands Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Nuneaton, Warwickshire) • David Ivor Mason. Senior Custody Officer, Securicor Custodial Services Ltd. For services to
Harrow Crown Court. (Ruislip, Middlesex) • Michael John Mason. For services to the Boys' Brigade in Kendal, Cumbria. (Kendal, Cumbria) • Glenys Irene Matthews. Specialist Diabetic Nurse,
Royal Gwent Hospital, Newport. For services to Health Care. (Newport, Gwent) • Pauline Matthews. Sister, Endoscopy Unit,
Dorset County Hospital. For services to Health Care. (Dorchester, Dorset) • Maria Maw. For services to Maria's Care in Uganda. (Ingleton, Lancashire) •
Gary McAllister. For services to Association Football. (Altrincham, Cheshire) • Catherine Mary McCaul. For services to Education. (Dungannon, Tyrone) • David Charles McClintock, TD. For services to Botany. (Sevenoaks, Kent) • Jane Maybin McConnell. For services to Education. (Ballyclare, Antrim) • Marion McCowan. For services to Badminton Coaching in Dumfries. (Dumfries) • Alessie McCrossan. For services to the community. (Belfast) • John Ross McCutchan. For services to the community in Hailsham, East Sussex. (Near Polegate, East Sussex) • Robert Stewart McDonald. For services to the Association of Learning Providers and to Training. (Tamworth, Staffordshire) • Jean McGarrell. Multi-Site manager,
NAAFI. For services to the Defence Industry. (Fallingbostel 29683, Germany) •
Yvonne McGregor. For services to Cycling. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) • Ernest George McGuffin. For services to the Packaging Industry. (Warrenpoint, Down) • Professor Thomas Baird Clarkson McGuffog. Vice-chairman, SITPRO. For services to e-business. (York, North Yorkshire) • James McHugh. Chairman, Plains Countryside Park, Lanarkshire. For services to the community. (By Airdrie, Lanarkshire) • June McHugh. For services to the Police. (Belfast) • Susan Veronica McIntyre. For services to Piping. (Inverness, Inverness-shire) • Colin McKay, JP. For services to Scouting in Tynemouth, Tyne and Wear. (North Shields, Tyne and Wear) • James Kevin McKenna. For public service. (Belfast) • Joseph Wright McKernan. Revenue Constable, HM Board of Customs and Excise. (London) • Susan McKiernan. For services to Disabled Sport. (Sheffield, South Yorkshire) • William George Grimmond McLeod. Teacher. For services to the community in Forfar. (Forfar, Angus) • David McMullan. For public service. (Newtownards, Down) • Patricia Mary McMurchy. Correspondence Officer, Employment Tribunals Service,
Department of Trade and Industry. (Ashford, Kent) • Alison McNeil. Shepherd. For services to Agriculture in Dumfriesshire. (Castle Douglas, Dumfries) • Marie McStay. For services to Health Care. (Lisburn, Antrim) • Terence William McSweeney. Inspector, Cleansing Service. For services to the Corporation of the City of London. (Rainham, Essex) • Richard Henry Meads. Business Planning and Performance manager, Transport for London. For services to Public Transport. (Chesham, Buckinghamshire) • Allison Stewart Melville. For services to Guiding in Methven, Perthshire. (Methven, Perth and Kinross) • Beryl Patricia Frances Melville. For services to the
Royal Air Forces Association. (Alness, Ross and Cromarty) • William Millan. For services to the Bennie Museum in Bathgate, West Lothian. (Bathgate, West Lothian) • James Alexander Milliken. For services to Tourism. (Portrush, Antrim) • June Cameron Hunter Mills. For services to the community in Wiltshire. (Amesbury, Wiltshire) • Mary Sheila Mills. For services to the community, especially the Bromley Community Bereavement Service, in London. (Hayes, Kent) • Parveen Mirza. For services to Community Relations in Nottingham. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) • Valerie Margaret Miskimmon. For public service. (Bangor, Down) • Fiona Mitchell. Children's Community Nurse, West Lothian. For services to Health Care. (West Calder, West Lothian) • Ian Mitchell. For services to
WaterAid. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • John Andy Edwin Moar. Veterinary Surgeon. For services to Animal Health in Shetland. (Lerwick, Shetland) • Brian Molloy. Director, Canterbury and Thanet Schools Counselling Service. For services to Special Needs Education. (Canterbury, Kent) • John Monk. For services to the community in Meridale, Lincolnshire. (Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire) • Virginia Maria Moon. For charitable services, especially to Tenovus, in Cardiff. (Marshfield, Cardiff) • Kathryn Mary Mooney. Operations Caseworker, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Warrington, Cheshire) • Paula Kitson-Moore. Teacher, St. Stephen's Church of England Primary School, Lewisham, London. For services to Education. (Beckenham, Kent) • Jean Morgan. Chief Reporter,
Press Gazette. For services to Journalism. (Croydon, Surrey) • Richard Douglas Morgan. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Kingston upon Thames, Surrey. (Surbiton, Surrey) • Maisie George Morris. For services to the community in Pontardawe, South Wales. (Pontardawe, Neath Port Talbot) • David Morrison. Senior Planner, Planning Services,
Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh) • Anthony John Moyes. For services to the community in Leeds, West Yorkshire. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • Ann Mules. For charitable services to the community in Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan. (Penarth, The Vale of Glamorgan) • Timothy Murray. Senior Executive Officer, Department for Transport, Local Government and the Regions. (Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex) • William John Charles Musgrave. Chair of Governors, Southwark Park School, London. For services to Education. (Goudhurst, Kent) • Harold Samuel Mutters. For services to Young People in South Wales. (Gilwern, Monmouthshire) • Diana May Payne-Myers. For services to Dance. (London, W9) • Delphine Newsome. For services to the St Andrew's Ambulance Service. (Monifieth, Angus) • Elizabeth Nicholson. Director, Shelter Scotland. For services to Homeless People. (Edinburgh) • Stephen William Norris. Senior Coxswain, Inshore Lifeboat and Rescue Organisation. For services to Marine Safety in Freshwater, Isle of Wight. (Freshwater, Isle of Wight) • Christine Rosemary North. For services to the Cornwall County Record Office. (Truro, Cornwall) • Eve Geraldine North, JP. For services to the Administration of Justice and to the community in Berkshire. (Reading, Berkshire) • Derek Nuttall. For services to the National Printing Heritage Trust, Chester. (Chester, Cheshire) • Donald Nuttall. For services to the Church Lads and Church Girls Brigade, Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Gerard Gabriel O'Callaghan. For services to the Police. (Belfast) • Maureen Patricia O'Hagan. President, National Association of Early Years Professionals. • For services to Education. (London, N6) • Wilfrid Bernard O'Neill. Head of Classics,
Ossett School, Ossett, West Yorkshire. For services to Education. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • Margaret Taylor Oliver. For services to the Wheelchair Dancing Association in Cornwall. (Newquay, Cornwall) • Margaret Rose Onion. For services to the community in Measham, Derbyshire. (Swadlincote, Derbyshire) • Catherine Margaret Organ, JP. For services to Local Government and to the community in Stirling. (Killearn, Stirling and Falkirk) • Samuel John Orr. For services to Agriculture. (Downpatrick, Down) • William Norman Orr. For services to the Royal Air Forces Association. (London) • Colin John Ovenden. For services to the community in Preston, Lancashire. (Preston, Lancashire) • Edwin Nicholas Owen. For services to the Shropshire Deaf Children's Society. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) • Michael James Page. For services to the community in Northwood, Middlesex. (Northwood, Middlesex) • Robert Forster Pailor. For services to the Environment. (Hartlepool, Cleveland) • Jyotindra Keshavlal Pandya. General Medical Practitioner, Tottenham, London. For services to Health Care. (London, N14) • Margaret Ann Parker. Head, Adult and Community Learning, Ridge Danyers College, Cheshire. • For services to Further Education. (Stockport, Cheshire) • Robert Charles Parkinson. Consultant, Astrium Space Infrastructure Business Unit. For services to the Space Industry. (Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire) • Indravadan Pushottamdas Patel. For services to the Community Relations in North West London. (Stanmore, Middlesex) • David Andrew Thomson Paton. Emergency Planning Officer, Fife NHS Board. For services to Health Care. (Glenrothes, Fife) • Irene Patterson. For services to the
Multiple Sclerosis Society in Ayrshire. (Ayr, Ayrshire and Arran) • Victor Michael Pattinson. Sergeant,
Nottinghamshire Constabulary. For services to the Multiple Sclerosis Society in Mansfield. (Nottingham, Nottinghamshire) • Joyce Pattison. Formerly School Bursar, Hattersley High School, Tameside. For services to Education. (Hyde, Greater Manchester) • Carole Anne Payne. For services to Family Links Around Grimsby, Lincolnshire. (Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire) • Diana Surtees Payne, JP. For services to the Community Legal Service in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire. (Woburn Sands, Buckinghamshire) • Rosemary Peck. For services to Fostering. (Ballymoney, Antrim) • June Angelina Rose Pell. Personal assistant. For services to British Waterways. (Harrow, Middlesex) • Margaret Joan Penston. Astronomy Advisor,
Qualifications and Curriculum Authority. For services to Astronomy and its Popularisation. (Barton, Cambridgeshire) • Diane Louise Penzer. Counter manager, Passport Agency, Home Office. (Peterborough, Cambridgeshire) • John Percival. Critic and writer. For services to Dance. (London, WC1N) • George Charles Nicholas Peter Perren, JP. For services to the London Firefighters Retired Members' Association. (Wembley, Middlesex) • Rita Doreen Perry. Revenue Officer, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Yarm, Cleveland) • Maria Vlasta Phillips. For services to the community, especially the Citizens Advice Bureau, in Norwich, and in the Czech Republic. (Norwich, Norfolk) • Valerie Phillips. Manager, Day Care Centre and Nursery,
University of Exeter. For services to Higher Education. (Ottery St Mary, Devon) • Eileen Valerie Pilfold. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Camberley, Surrey) • June Pirie. Assistant Procurement Officer, Scottish Executive. (Edinburgh) • Christopher Hamilton Plomer. For services to Cricket in Angus. (Arbroath, Angus) • Frederick Plumb. For services to the Water Industry in the East of Scotland. (Cupar, Fife) • Nigel Graham Pocknell. Force Welfare Officer,
Gwent Police. For services to Retired Police Officers. (Cwmbran, Gwent) • Edith Pocock. For services to the Pensioners' Association in Norwich and Norfolk. (Wymondham, Norfolk) • Catherine Pollock. Vice-chairman, Lomond and Argyll Primary Care NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute) • Richard Clive Ponman. Grade B1, Cabinet Office. (Worcester Park, Surrey) • Olwen Pool. For services to the community in Leicester. (Leicester, Leicestershire) • Paul Henry Popham. Sub Officer (Retained), South Wales Fire Service. For services to the Fire Service. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan) • Patricia Mary Powell. Chairman, League of Friends, Willesden Hospital. For services to Health Care. (Harrow Weald, Middlesex) • Elizabeth Anne Poynter. For services to the
Institute of Petroleum. • James Edward Pratt. Head, Pathology Section, Northern Research Station, Forestry Commission. (West Linton, Lothian) • Roy William Pratt. For services to the Honda Imps Junior Motorcycle Display Team in Newham, London. (Maldon, Essex) • Kenneth Lindley Prayag. Compliance manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (London, E17) • William Henry Prescott. For services to the Environment. (Loughgall, Armagh) • David Colville Mostyn Prichard. For services to the community, especially Educational and Charitable Trusts, in Dorset. (Sherbourne, Dorset) •
Matt Pritchett. Cartoonist,
The Daily Telegraph. For services to Journalism. (London, E14) • Keith Frederick Quigley. Supervisor, Surface Ships, Devonport Management Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Plymouth, Devon) • Agnes Quinn. For services to the community, especially Disabled Children, in Merseyside. • Diana Mary Rainbow. For services to Young Deaf Activities in Buckinghamshire. • Colin Rains. For services to Disabled Sport. (Edwalton, Nottinghamshire) • Christine Savitri Rajah. Head, Health Service,
City University. For services to Higher Education. (London, N1) • Marian Ramsdale. Principal Officer,
HM Prison Drake Hall, Prison Service. (Newcastle, Staffordshire) • Peter John Rand. Chairman, Peter Rand Group. For services to the Hospitality Industry. (Kenilworth, Warwickshire) • Mary Rose Read. Personal secretary,
Dover District Council, Kent. For services to Local Government. (Dover, Kent) • Richard Foster Reade. Community Constable, Dumfries Police. For services to the Police. (Dumfries) • Martin Jonathan Reece. For services to the Fire Service Benevolent Fund. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • John Edward Reilly. Director of Academic Administration,
University of Kent and of UK Socrates-Erasmus Office. For services to Higher Education and to the Erasmus Programme. (Canterbury, Kent) • Agnes Rennie. Commissioner,
Crofters Commission. For services to Crofting in Lewis and Harris. • Kathleen Anne Reynolds. For services to the
Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Families Association, Lorn Division, Argyll and Bute. (Oban, Argyll and Bute) • Frances Patricia Rice. Personal assistant to the
Lords of Appeal, House of Lords. (London, SW2) • Francis William Ombler Richardson. For services to the community, especially the Northern Heavy Horse Society, in Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire. (Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire) • Jane Other Ritchie. Partnership manager, Durham Business and Education Executive. For services to Business and Education Links. (Leyburn, North Yorkshire) • Gerald Prothero Robbins. Member, Rogiet Community Council. For services to the community in Monmouthshire. (Caldicot, Monmouthshire) • Graham Eifion Roberts. Chairman, North Wales Exporters Club. For services to Export. (Colwyn Bay, Conwy) •
Susan Ann Lloyd-Roberts. Special Correspondent, BBC. For services to Broadcast Journalism. (London, N10) • Mavis Robinson. Macmillan Nurse. For services to people with Asbestos Disease. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • William Blair Robinson. For services to the Police. (Belfast) • John Alexander Rodger. For services to the Blaenavon Partnership, South Wales. (Grosmont, Monmouthshire) • Yvonne Neville-Rolfe. For services to Prisoners and the Prison Service Chaplaincy. (Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire) • Paul Allen Rose. Security Controller,
BAE Systems Marine Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Barrow in Furness, Cumbria) • Barry Ross. Sub Officer (Retained), Tyne and Wear Metropolitan Fire Brigade. For services to the Fire Service. (Birtley, Tyne and Wear) • Hilary Barbara Ross. Formerly assistant director of Finance,
Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council. For services to Local Government. (Poynton, Cheshire) • Alan John Rowe. For services to the community, especially Hospiscare, in East Devon. (Sidmouth, Devon) • Colin Patrick Russell. For services to the Legal Advice Centre in Bethnal Green, London. (Cirencester, Gloucestershire) • Ian Anthony Russell. Chairman, Russell Organisation. For services to Tourism in Norfolk. (Lingwood, Norfolk) • Ronald Sandford. For services to the British Pensioners' Trade Union Association, in Merseyside. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Ann Kathleen Saunders. For services to the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. (Newbury, Berkshire) • Ann Loreille Saunders. Historian, Honorary Editor to the
London Topographical Society and to the Costume Society. (London, NW11) • Robin Sinclair Saunders. For services to the community in Eynsham, Oxfordshire. (Witney, Oxfordshire) • Stewart Henry Saunders. Managing director,
MANWEB. For services to the Electricity Industry. (Kirkcaldy, Fife) • Geraldine Margaret Schofield. Head, Regulatory Affairs,
Unilever. For services to Biotechnology Transfer. (Yardley Hastings, Northamptonshire) • Harry Schofield. For services to the community in Armthorpe, Doncaster. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) • James Alexander Scott. For services to the community and the Preservation of Vintage Vehicles. (Magherafelt, Londonderry) • Peter William Scott. President, the
Wooden Spoon Society. For charitable services. (Pinner, Middlesex) • John William Seale. Business director, DFTS,
British Telecommunications plc. For services to the Defence Industry. (Chippenham, Wiltshire) • John Senior. Formerly Grade 9, Metropolitan Police Service. For services to the Police. (Colchester, Essex) • Abdul Karim Shakoor. Outreach Worker, Cartwheel Community Arts. For services to Art in Manchester. (Manchester, Greater Manchester) • Florence May Shearman. For services to the community, especially Sports, in Coggeshall, Essex. (Coggeshall, Essex) • Ann Patricia Shiner. Sub-Postmistress. For services to the community in Warminster, Wiltshire. (Warminster, Wiltshire) • Carolyn Silver. Grade D, Ministry of Defence. (London) • Carmen Orinthia Simpson. Usher, Court Service, Lord Chancellor's Department. (London, NW10) • Hal John Harold Simpson. For services to disabled people. (Belfast) • Margaret Violet Simpson. Central Functions Senior assistant, NHS Executive, Department of Health. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Mary Elizabeth Sims. For charitable services to the Cancer Research Campaign in Derbyshire. (Borrowash, Derbyshire) • Ramindar Singh. For services to Community Relations in Bradford. (Pudsey, West Yorkshire) • Sheila Mary Sinton. For services to Education. (Tandragee, Armagh) • Irene Skelton. Director of Midwifery, Queen Mother's Hospital, Glasgow. For services to Health Care. (Houston, Renfrewshire) • Dorothy Leonore Slyfield. For services to the Guide Association's UK Training and Activity Centres. (Heathfield, East Sussex) • Andrew Philip Smith. Grade C1, Ministry of Defence. (Salisbury, Wiltshire) • Denise Smith. For services to the Citizens Advice Bureau in Dalkeith. (Edinburgh) • Frank Yeoman Smith. Formerly Coxswain/Second Mechanic, Salcombe Lifeboat, Devon. For services to Marine Safety. (Salcombe, Devon) • Heather Marjorie Smith. Formerly Divisional Support Team manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire) • Jeremiah Alfanso Smith. For services to Community Relations in Derby. (Derby, Derbyshire) • Maureen Smith. For services to OXFAM and to the community in Edinburgh. (Edinburgh) • Patrick Cecil Smith. For services to Schools Sport in the East Midlands. (West Bridgford, Nottinghamshire) • Philip Smith. For services to Nature Conservation on Sefton Coast, Merseyside. (Salisbury, Wiltshire) • Rosalind Ailsa Hamilton Smith. Area Officer,
Scottish Natural Heritage. For services to Nature Conservation. (Pitcairngreen, Perth and Kinross) • Brian Geoffrey Souter. Deputy Headteacher,
Southlands High School, Chorley, Lancashire. For services to Education. (Blackburn, Lancashire) • Raymond Speakman. For services to the Bolton Hospice, Lancashire. (Bolton, Greater Manchester) • Geoffrey Ernest Spence. For services to the
War Pensions Committee in Sussex. (Brighton, East Sussex) •
Ivor Spencer, DL. For services to the Guild of International Professional Toastmasters. (London, SE21) •
Terence George Spinks. For services to Boxing and to charitable services. (Chadwell Heath, Essex) • Christopher George Squibb. Engineering manager, Southern Vectis Omnibus Co. Ltd. For services to the Bus Industry. (Newport, Isle of Wight) • Lionel Wilfred Steele. International Sales manager, Alvis Vehicles Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Coventry, Warwickshire) • Christopher Thomas Alfred Stephens. For services to the
RSPCA. (Oadby, Leicestershire) • Barrington Thomas Stevens. Chair, Shetland Telecoms Advisory Committee. For services to the community. (Dunrossness, Shetland) • Thomas McColl Stewart. For services to Braemar Mountain Rescue. (Gairloch, Ross and Cromarty) • Penelope Florence Stubbs, JP, DL. For services to the community in Ashford, Kent. (Ashford, Kent) • Jack Sturgess. Chairman, Bramshaw Parish Council, Hampshire. For services to the community. (Lyndhurst, Hampshire) • Myra Karina Styles. Director of Finance, Employment Tribunals Service, Department of Trade and Industry. (Birmingham, West Midlands) • Carol Ann Sweeney. Lecturer, Worker's Education Association] For services to Adult Education. (Dorking, Surrey) • Jacqueline Frances Sweeney. For services to Industrial Relations in the Magistrates' Courts Service. (Bolton, Greater Manchester) •
Joy Swift. For services to Tourism through Murder Weekends. (Liverpool, Merseyside) • Patricia Sykes. For services to Energy Efficiency. (Totnes, Devon) • Stuart Ainley Sykes. Leader, Windmill Group. For services to Young People in Blackpool, Lancashire. (Blackpool, Lancashire) • Brian Norman Symington. Director,
Royal National Institute for Deaf People. For services to Deaf People. (Belfast) • Helen Tarvit. Warden, Swan Court Sheltered Housing. For services to Elderly People in Eyemouth, Berwickshire. (Eyemouth, Berwickshire) • John Alfred Taylor. Grade C2, Ministry of Defence. (Frampton Cotterell, Bristol) • William Frank Taylor. For services to the St. John Ambulance Brigade in Hertfordshire. (Hertford, Hertfordshire) • William Gordon Taylor. Formerly Corporate manager.
Fife Council. For services to Local Government. (Balmullo, Fife) • Peter James William Terry. Administrative assistant, Department for Work and Pensions. (Crayford, Kent) • Cenydd Thomas, QPM. For services to the community in Pontypridd, South Wales. (Nr Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff) • David Thomas. Chair, Bridgend Community Health Council. For services to Health Care. (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan) • David Edward Thomas. Storyteller. For charitable services. (Grasmere, Cumbria) • Elizabeth Thomas. Member, Scottish Council of Voluntary Organisations. For services to Young Unemployed People. (Manswood, Glasgow) • Linda Thomas. Chief executive, Arch and Team Leader, Potteries Young Homeless Project. • For services to Homeless People in Stoke-on-Trent. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) • Ronald Thomas. Formerly Site manager, Wey Valley School, Weymouth, Dorset. For services to Education. (Weymouth, Dorset) • David Walter Thompson. For services to the community in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk. (Great Yarmouth, Norfolk) • Ian Fraser Thomson. Constable,
Tayside Police. For services to the Police. (Auchterarder, Perth and Kinross) • John Thomson. Member, Visiting Committee,
HM Prison Greenock. For services to Prisoner Welfare. (Dunoon, Argyll and Bute) • Donald Edward Titley. For services to Education in the Diocese of Lichfield, Staffordshire. (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire) • George James William Titmuss. For services to the National Flying Club and Pigeon Racing. (Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire) • Michael John Traynor. Formerly PE Principal Officer, HM Prison Service. (Doncaster, South Yorkshire) • Anthony Turnbull. Project manager, HM Board of Inland Revenue. (Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) • Derek Turnbull. Project manager,
Vickers Defence Systems. For services to the Defence Industry. (Blyth, Northumberland) • Margaret Howieson Turner. For services to the community in Cambeltown, Argyllshire. (Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute) • Paul Digby Lowry Turner. Tutor,
Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford. For services to the Classics. (Oxford, Oxfordshire) • Peter Jules Turner. Head of Community Services,
Capital Radio. For services to Community Broadcasting. (London, SE24) • Trevor Turner. For charitable services to the community in Monmouthshire. (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire) • Matthew Edward Twidale. Farmer. For services to the Sugar Beet Industry and to the National Farmers Union. (Newark, Nottinghamshire) • Joan Mary Twigge. For services to the North Staffordshire Special Adventure Playground. (Newcastle, Staffordshire) •
Dorothy Beatrice Jenny Tyler. For services to Athletics. (Sanderstead, Surrey) • Colin Underwood. Formerly Sergeant,
Hertfordshire Constabulary. For services to the Police Federation. (Hertfordshire) • David Reginald Vale. For services to the community, especially Heritage, in Lincolnshire. (Lincoln, Lincolnshire) • Manjul Karsandas Vasant. General Dental Practitioner. For services to the Faculty of General Dental Practitioners. (Croydon, Surrey) • Brian Leonard Veale. For services to the Institute of Road Transport Engineers. (Oswestry, Shropshire) • Christine Hilary Wade. For services to Trading Standards in Essex. (Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire) • Paula Wadsworth. Headteacher,
Pontnewydd Primary School, Torfaen. For services to Education. (Abergavenny, Monmouthshire) • Joseph Walker, JP. Formerly Member,
Durham County Council. For services to the community. (Stanley, Durham) • Mary Waller. For services to the Linwood Mentally Handicapped School, Bournemouth, Dorset. (Bournemouth, Dorset) • Vivien Wallis. For charitable services. (Ascot, Berkshire) • Ronald Wallwork. For services to the community in Newmarket, Suffolk. (Moulton, Suffolk) • Catherine Isabella Watkins. Grade E1, Ministry of Defence. (Innsworth, Gloucestershire) • James Watson. Car Park Attendant,
Leeds Metropolitan University. For services to Higher Education. (Leeds, West Yorkshire) • William Humphrey Watson, MC. For services to Medicine in Developing Countries and to the community in Shropshire. (Shrewsbury, Shropshire) • John Henry Wayborn. For services to Four Acres Primary and West Town Lane Junior Schools, Bristol. (Bristol) • Clive George Weatherer. For services to the community, especially Blind People, in Staffordshire. (Stafford, Staffordshire) • David Michael Webster. Farm manager, Crichton Royal Farm. For services to Agricultural Research and Training. (Dumfries) • Jeffery Edward West. Roadsweeper. For services to the community in Beer, Devon. (Beer, Devon) • Kenneth John West. Bereavement Services manager,
Cardiff County Council. For services to Burial and Cremation. (Thornhill, Cardiff) • Rachel Elizabeth Whittaker, JP. For services to the Metropolitan Police Committee and to the Metropolitan Police Authority. (London, SW1P) • Brian Wildish. Postman. For services to the community in Perth. (Scone, Perth and Kinross) • Jennifer Wilkinson. For services to Agriculture and to the community in Cumbria. (Carlisle, Cumbria) • Alexander Williams. Football and Community Development Officer, Manchester. For services to Young People. (Stockport, Cheshire) • John David Williams. County Emergency Planning Officer,
West Sussex County Council. For services to Emergency Planning Management. (Burgess Hill, West Sussex) • John Paull Williams. Managing director, Giro Engineering Ltd. For services to the Defence Industry. (Old Alresford, Hampshire) • John Richard Williams. Coxswain, Port St. Mary Lifeboat, Isle of Man. For services to Marine Safety. (Port St Mary, Isle of Man) • Kathleen Maud Williams. Formerly Deputy head Teacher, Ashfield Special School, Liverpool. • For services to Careers Education and Guidance. (Runcorn, Cheshire) • Mary Florence Williams. For charitable services in Cockermouth, Cumbria. (Cockermouth, Cumbria) • Patricia Williams. General Medical Practitioner, Inverness. For services to Health Care. • Phyllis Mary Williams. Learning Support assistant, Curry Rivel Primary School, Somerset. • For services to Special Needs Education. (Langport, Somerset) • Willow Williams. For services to the Voluntary Sector in Wrexham, North Wales. (Higher Gwersyllt, Wrexham) • Kevin Ian Wilson. Facilities manager, Citex. For services to Agriculture. (Wallsend, Tyne and Wear) • William Noel Winslade. For services to Meteorology in Somerset. (Bridgwater, Somerset) • Oksana Wolstenholme. Head of Nursing/Midwifery, Bradford Hospitals NHS Trust. For services to Health Care. (Bradford, West Yorkshire) • Michael Christopher Woodford. Group managing director, KeyMed Ltd. For services to Road Safety. (Thorpe Bay, Essex) • Edward Thomas Workman. For services to the community in
Burwash, East Sussex. (Burwash, East Sussex) • Amelia Victoria Wright. For services to the War Widows Association. (London, E10) • Trevor Martin Wright. For services to Disadvantaged People. (Belfast) • Wally Wright. Reserve manager,
Caerlaverock National Nature Reserve. For services to Conservation in Solway, Dumfries-shire. (Caerlaverock, Dumfries) • Anthony William Zotti. Area Housing manager,
Department of Community Services. For services to the community in the City of London. (Enfield, Middlesex) ==Military And Services==